Almost a thousand migrants arrived in Italy from the African coasts in just one day. While this data is being recorded, the delegate commissioner for the state of emergency for migrants is appointed: he is Valerio Valenti, head of the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration. He will work with all the regions, including Sardinia, except those governed by the parties that are in opposition to Giorgia Meloni.
Meanwhile, in the afternoon, the rescue of a fishing boat in difficulty with about 600 migrants on board began about 170 miles south of the coasts of south-eastern Sicily, in Italian Sar waters, by the Coast Guard. Operations were made difficult by bad weather conditions.
It is probable that the migrants could be transferred to Sicily, but given the high number , a division between the ports of Augusta and Catania is assumed, which are already preparing for reception.
A few hours earlier, following a report from the non-profit organization Sea Watch, a boat with 221 people on board had also been rescued by the Italian Coast Guard off Lampedusa. Also this afternoon, Alarm Phone received reports of a wooden boat in danger. "We have alerted the Italian and Maltese authorities and are not asking for delays in rescuing the group," writes the non-governmental organization. There are 30 people on board.
While yesterday afternoon the Emergency Life Support ship had completed the rescue of a boat of about ten meters on which 55 people were sailing: the vessel was in international waters and was completely adrift. The rescued people come from countries marked by serious humanitarian emergencies including Ivory Coast, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Palestine, Sudan, Somalia. Life Support has been assigned the port of Marina di Carrara which is about three days of navigation from the place where the rescue took place.
As for the new commissioner Valenti, he will manage the first and second reception in 14 Regions and in the autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano: all but four, from the Democratic Party, which have not signed the agreement. They are Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, Campania and Puglia: Regions that have not accepted the commissioning of their own responsibilities by the government.
The new commissioner will make use of a support structure, made up of a maximum of 15 personnel already in service at the Ministry of the Interior and will have to coordinate the activities aimed at expanding the capacity of the reception system, with particular reference to the hotspots and to the centers envisaged by the reception and integration system, involving the territories concerned, and coordinate the activity for the reception of migrants in temporary structures, in which food, lodging, clothing, health care and linguistic-cultural mediation. But Valenti is also called to identify the best solutions to ensure a continuous service of sea and air transport, from the hotspots to the territories where the reception centers and structures will be identified.
(Unioneonline)
