Christmas Eve of landings and rescue at sea in the Mediterranean Sea, where hundreds of people have been saved in these hours. And unfortunately there are also victims and missing persons.
A hundred migrants were rescued south of Lampedusa and another 214 were brought to the port of Pozzallo by the rescue ship Sea Eye. And again: a sailing ship with about 150 people on board landed in Salento. Furthermore, in the last few hours, dozens of people have also landed in Sardinia .
The most dramatic situation in the Greek island of Ancitera, where a boat with hundreds of people was wrecked and where 11 victims are recorded, but there are allegedly missing.
An emergency situation, which has not failed to provoke political reactions. "We arrive close to 70 thousand illegal landings, this morning 120 arrived on a sailing ship in Santa Maria di Leuca", said the leader of the League Matteo Salvini. Adding: “I played with sailing ships as a child with the playmobil. That in the period of Covid, of the Super green pass there are 70 thousand illegal landings without rules and controls is not respectful towards the Italians who are making sacrifices ".
(Unioneonline / lf)