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Protest breaks out. The mayor: the government intervenes or we close everything
A ship with hundreds of migrants on board, about 450 according to a first estimate, was rescued at night 4 miles from Lampedusa as it was in danger of capsizing due to the strong sirocco wind. The tragedy was avoided thanks to the intervention of the patrol boats of the Coast Guard and the Guardia di Finanza, who escorted the boat to the port.
The maxi landing on the island, where in the last 24 hours another 500 migrants had landed in some thirty small boats, triggered a new emergency and triggered the protest of a group of inhabitants headed by the former senator of the League Angela Maraventano who was looking to avoid the passage of emergency vehicles on the dock. “We are tired,” said Maraventano, “we must repatriate them immediately. We will avoid with all our strength to let them pass.”
Even the mayor of Lampedusa, Totò Martello, who in the afternoon had sent a letter to Tunisian President Kasis Saied threatening to reach the North African country with his ship, following the migratory route in reverse, in front of the ship that has just arrived at port, he cannot hide. his anger: “We are on our knees – he snaps -, with these arrivals to the hot spot there will be more than 1,500 admissions. The situation is unsustainable: either the government makes immediate decisions or it will hit the entire island. It will be the administration that directly declares the strike , closing everything. It is not possible to continue supporting these government oppressions. “
Although the Ministry of the Interior emphasizes that departures from Tunisia fell sharply in August compared to the previous month, it is undeniable that in the last hours the flow has resumed at full speed, as evidenced by the bulletin of the last landings: 30 on Friday , another eight Saturdays including the arrival of the 49 transshipped by the Lous Michel, the German-flagged ship financed by Banksy, which has rescued 130 migrants in the last hours. A situation also aggravated by the Covid-19 emergency and by the political controversies that are heating up this ‘hot’ August in Lampedusa.
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