Lampedusa, strike postponed. The mayor and Musumeci summoned by Conte

The announcement of the general strike leads to a meeting between the mayor of Lampedusa and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Following the announcement of the mobilization, following the meeting with the island’s merchants, the mayor announced that he was summoned, along with Musumeci, by the Prime Minister on Wednesday to discuss the problems related to reception on the island. . Therefore, any decision was postponed to Wednesday.

Meanwhile, to cope with the emergency of new landings, the arrival of the new ship could be postponed for the quarantine of migrants planned by the government to relieve pressure on the Lampedusa hotspot, still in emergency due to the approximately 1000 people present at this moment in the structure. The weather conditions, in fact, have already blocked the departure of the Porto Empedocle hydrofoil and could bring other problems for boats that want to reach the Pelagie. Two other large ships should arrive on Wednesday, along with those already present “Aurelia” and “Azzurra”, bringing the quarantined ships to 5. The scheduled ferry, “Lampedusa”, is also expected to welcome new ones. migrants for a transfer to Porto Empedocle, but their departure from the Pelagie Islands, after arriving in the afternoon, will probably be delayed.

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The only ones who carried out the transfer of migrants, given the worsening weather and sea conditions, were two patrol boats, the Financial Police and the Coast Guard, which transferred 307 guests from the hotspot. With all the other boats blocked by the rough sea, an emergency situation remains on the island: between the Casa della Fraternità, managed by the Lampedusan parish, and the hotspot (which has a capacity of 192 people), there are more than 1200 migrants. in Lampedusa, after the landing of the fishing boat with 369 people on board, including many children.

The landings also stop: today there are no new sightings of small boats heading to the island. Meanwhile, the climate on the island remains tense: after the vehement protests held on Saturday and Sunday, this morning, meanwhile, in Lampedusa, there has been a new demonstration of dissent by a dozen people, who asked Mayor Totò Martello to follow up on his idea, already announced yesterday, of a general strike to draw the government’s attention to the immigration issue. Among the protesters also representatives of the League, among them Attilio Lucía, coordinator of the League in Lampedusa, who calls for the total evacuation of the hotspot in the Imbriacola district and the resignation of the mayor.

Tomorrow the arrival of the working group announced by the president of the Sicilian Region, Nello Musumeci, is expected to verify the sanitary conditions of the structure, today in excess, with hundreds of people forced to sleep outside.