Migrants, Di Maio: unimaginable near the Italian ship. Thirty: Open Mediterranean

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11 July 2018

"It is not conceivable that we are closing ports to a ship Italian, but I share all the perpelssità for what is happening in the Mediterranean ". This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and addressing Omnibus and explaining that "the ports are not closed, they are to NGOs that do not abide by the rules". And he explains: "If it is an Italian ship, which is
intervened in a situation that we should clarify, we must necessarily land it".

On the same wavelength, the Defense Minister, Elisabetta Trenta, points out: "The Mediterranean has always been an open sea and will continue to be, the opening is its wealth . The word welcome is beautiful, the word rejects is ugly, and then accepting can be denied in a thousand ways, and one can, indeed, link acceptance to legality. "

Thirty in an interview with Avvenire warns Salvini and the government's hard wing:" Italy does not turn its back, it did not do it and will not do it there is the right to give asylum to those fleeing war. find and find a job I've looked at migrant photos a hundred times and I've always thought of one thing: a family that puts a child on a boat in the hope of giving it life no should be helped.

Then he talks about the role of NGOs: I say enough to excessive demonization that does not convince me and I do not like majority of light organizations. Then there are also rotten apples that exploit the urgency of migrants to do business. I repeat – the challenge is to combine hospitality and rigor. And to understand that sometimes we act for good and that we do not always become good. Especially if there is no coordinated action. "

Last post on the F35:" A complicated inheritance and me, with great honesty, I can only tell you that I am not sure of having made the same choice. But now we have made commitments and to change lines we need reflection and responsibility. The advantages and disadvantages must be evaluated. We must think and only then decide. "

High Tension Salvini-Toninelli

Yesterday was a very tense day on the front of the migrants, with another rescue at sea and a new new shake in the government.The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister from the Interior, Matteo Salvini, address to his colleague Danilo Toninelli, who sent a Coast Guard ship recover 67 people recovered from the tug Vos Thalbada: "It was up to the Libyans to intervene" , for Salvini, who morning called for clarification the same Minister of Transport, as well as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the other deputy, Luigi Di Maio, speaking of "political problem." And did not not indicated the port of landing.

Between Conte and Salvini
In the afternoon, a peak at Palazzo Chigi con Conte, but without the owner of the Viminale, seemed to resize the town. confrontation. "All clarified with Salvini", said Re Toninelli, who planned the landing of the Eighteen in Italy within 10-15 hours. A few minutes later, however, here is the Viminale cold shower: still no indication of the port of arrival. Sign that the disagreements have not reconposed, even though the Deputy Prime Minister of the evening said that at the meeting "has pbaded the line of firmness that is not only that of Salvini, but that of everything the government A meeting between Salvini and Conte is scheduled today, on the eve of the informal summit of EU ministers scheduled for Thursday in Austria.

The new casus belli was born on Sunday when the Vos Thalbada embeds 58 men, 3 women and 6 miners on a boat that sinks off the coast of Zewarah.But with the approach of a Libyan patrol boat claiming migrants, tension rises The rescued persons have no intention of returning to Libya and there are therefore threats to the crew requesting badistance at the Coast Guard Operations Center. Eight who embark the 67. Toninelli says himself "proud of the intervention" means of the a Coast Guard, because the migrants "put the crew in danger of life". He therefore announces punishments for troublemakers, identified in a Ghanaian and a Sudanese: "they will answer, without discount, to justice".

But the Minister of Transport's decision does not belong to Salvini. Les Vos Thalbada, he explains, intervened in the Libyan search and rescue areas and "anticipated the intervention of the Libyan Coast Guard already alerted". And "the Italian Coast Guard can not replace the Libyan Guard, especially if African colleagues have already taken action." And, therefore, the Viminale does not indicate the port of landing for the Eighteen. In the afternoon, meet with Conte at Palazzo Chigi. Ministers Toninelli, Trenta and Moavero were present. The goal is to establish a shared line, even after the penultimate controversy, between Salvini himself and Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta, on the Eunavformed mission. In the end, government sources deny screzi, explaining that there are political leaders who put forward principles and ministers that must then be flagged. Toninelli then indicates the time of the arrival of the Diciotti in Italy. But in a tight corner, the "absent" from the top, who could whistle their ears, are heard. No indication of the Viminale was given at the port of landing, he reiterated, extinguishing his irritation: "I do not see why an Italian ship should enter Libyan waters when there are Libyans ready to intervene . go to jail ".

In the end, the Diciotti, who continue to sail northward, will likely land in Italy. Maybe already today. But the new "accident" signals that the migrant file continues to highlight different approaches between Salvini, with his zero landing strategy and his M5S colleagues. Today, the confrontation between Conte and the owner of the Viminale to find a summary

In the afternoon, the Minister will visit Innsbruck where he will meet his German colleague Horst Seehofer before the meeting of ministers Europeans Interior Thursday. Not easy appointments, where Salvini wants to get more help from Europe to Libya, more offshore engagement of 27 and an increase in relocations. And it will stop the demands on the so-called secondary movements, the registered migrants in Italy and then traced to other countries of the EU who want to return them. Priorities will be contained in a document on which Viminale technicians work and which will now be shared by Conte.