Migrants, Moavero: "Change the plan Sophia. Italy can no longer be the exclusive place of landing

The Sophia plan is no longer applicable. This is the official position of Italy. The Foreign Ministry confirms that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, has sent to the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative Federica Mogherini – as announced yesterday – a letter from Italian side the current provisions of the "operational plan" of the Sophia computerized mission, which exclusively identifies Italy as a landing place for migrants rescued by their own units, are considered more applicable, also taking into account the conclusions of the European Council June 28th. 19659002] Minister Moavero therefore issued instructions to the Italian representative to the Political and Security Committee because, at tomorrow's meeting, he raised the question of the need to change the "operational plan" of the Eunavformed Sophia. d & # 39; landing.

In a few hours, in Brussels, the Political Committee and the Security Committee (PSC) will meet to consider the request for a revision of the rules of international missions in the Mediterranean advanced by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in a letter sent in recent days to Presidents of the European Commission and Council Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk. It is a question of modifying the regulation of the Eunavformed Sophia European mission, which provides for the docking of ships in Italy to rescue migrants at sea. This request has now been formally added by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.