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It has not been an easy summer for Porto Empedocle, which has become a kind of “forgotten border” where the crisis related to the disembarkation of migrants he was heavily warned but not approached with proper care. At least according to the mayor Ida Carmina, that a The truth He vented all his anger over a situation that got out of hand, especially in the last few hours.
More than a thousand arrivals in a few hours
Between Saturday and Monday night, more than a thousand migrants arrived at the port of Porto Empedocle, 750 from the ship alone. Rhapsody, one of those used for the quarantine of people disembarked in our territory: “They always told us that cruise ships could not enter here because the seabed was very shallow – read the statements released by Ida Carmina – cruise ships loaded with immigrants. ”.
A disappointment, that of the mayor, which is also related to the management of landings in his municipality decided from above. She, chosen in 2016 with the Five Star Movement and still today a firm exponent of grillismo in the province of Agrigento, he was especially surprised by the decision to reuse the extensible structure built near the port as a temporary reception center. In the middle of Monday night, when she learned of the arrival of other migrants in Porto Empedocle, Ida Carmina went to the port in person and was surprised to learn of the reopening of the tensioned structure. It is the same one from which 500 migrants fled at the end of July, the same one where it is almost impossible to keep many people inside, especially if, in a period like the current one, it is necessary to enforce the law. social distancing.
However, in that tent dozens of migrants were accommodated, so to speak: “They brought 500 migrants with the street newspaper, that is, 500 migrants consigned to the underground in a country that has barely 15,000 inhabitants,” continued Ida Carmina in her interview with La Verità – We are the smallest port of national importance. But why do they take them out here and not in Palermo? “A question addressed directly to the Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese, to which the mayor addressed to understand the reason for this decision.
“We have to check the Sicilian channel”
Another feeling also emerges from Ida Carmina’s words, that ofabandonment. Hundreds of migrants have circulated in his town for at least two days, bivouacking with nothing else to do while waiting to catch a bus to get them out. In Agrigento first and, from here, to the north of Italy. The result? The mayor explained it precisely: “Our boys, on the bus to go to school, had to compete for jobs with immigrants. Then the parents come to me to protest ”.
Porto Empedocle, therefore, has not had anything different in recent days compared to other landing sites, such as Lampedusa. Not just in these hours for the truth, but for a whole season. This is where it was docked Moby Zazà, the first quarantined ship that at some point became a red zone because it had at least 30 coronavirus positives on board landed from Sea Watch 3. In those days, tour operators in the area had to notice other cancellations, other reservation cancellations , other damages. economic at a sensitive time due to the recent lockdown.
In this sense, Ida Carmina felt abandoned, mainly by the government. And after having spoken about the naval blockade in recent days, today he relaunched the question of the major controls to be carried out at sea: “Surely we need to control the Sicilian canal – said the mayor – or we should immediately suspend the Dublin Treaty. that immigrants go where they want, that they also go to other states. Then the EU will also have to wake up. “
All those migrants with the street slip
The experience of Porto Empedocle and the complaints of the mayor of Gràcia also highlighted another aspect: the malfunction of the reception boats.
The number of disembarked migrants is greater than the capacity of the vehicles used by the government, so the same boats must be released periodically to accommodate others. And thus, hundreds, as happened in Porto Empedocle, are sent with the street sheet in their pocket. What happens next is a mystery: many wander, try to climb the trunk to reach family or friends elsewhere, or perhaps try to cross borders. It is unknown. The truth is that hundreds of people are out of control, which is not exactly a reassuring element in times of pandemic.
