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the Ngo they do not go away, rather they bend. While Italy faces increasing difficulties due to the increase in landings, as the Lampedusa hotspot explodes and the Covid emergency alerts the beautiful country, the Sea eye announces that it will soon launch another even “larger” ship to be placed off the coast of Libya. A real challenge for Italy, funded by the Catholic Church.
L ‘Ngo presented the project this morning, five years after the death of Alan Kurdi, the boy found lying on the beaches of Bodrum. The new ship will be called Ghalib kurdiAlan’s older brother also drowned on the same occasion. The family of the two children is also supporting the project: “We could not save our family, let’s save the others,” Tima Kurdi said at the opening of the press conference.
The idea of finding a new boat (it is the fourth for Sea eye) was born from afar, as a result of disputes with the Italian Coast Guard over the technical characteristics of the “Alan Kurdi”. “Italian officials had criticized the ship for not having enough capacity on board to remove sewage and waste,” they explain from the NGO that does not share (obviously) the Italian position. After having recovered 150 immigrants off the coast of Libya, in fact, on May 5 the Alan Kurdi was seized in the port of Palermo due to “various technical and operational irregularities that compromise not only the safety of the crews but also also of the people. who have been and could recover on board “.
Authorized to leave Italy at the end of June, the ship is currently detained in the port of Burriana, Spain, from where it is preparing to depart. The NGO’s fear is that if the Alan Kurdi if it were to land in Italy again, it could be seized for the same “technical” reasons. A fear also shared by Humanitarian Maritime Rescue, which saw its “Aita Mari” blocked in Palermo for the same reason. On this issue, Sea Eye has filed an urgent appeal with the TAR of Palermo, which is expected to be sentenced in the coming weeks. But in the meantime, German humanitarians have also thought about moving in another direction. “As early as November 2019 it became clear to us that Italy will increasingly try to argue in this direction – says Gorden Isler, President of Sea-Eye – In anticipation of this, a project team has been working since February to find a larger ship That meets all the requirements. Regardless of whether they are justified or not. We want to prevent people from drowning. The only way to do that is by sending our ships out to sea. That is why we need the Ghalib Kurdi. “
The ship is expected to leave at the end of the year from the port of Regensburg, in Germany. Operations are already underway. The boat has been found and the price has been fixed – only the equipment and the transfer of ownership are missing. There is no shortage of money thanks to donors. Among others, Sea Eye this time thanks in particular Catholic Church “Great supporter of the project.” Soon, therefore, the number of solidarity boats will rise again in the Our sea. Sea Watch 4 (which is about to disembark another 353 immigrants in Palermo), the Ionian Mediterranean Sea, the Spanish Open Arms and the patrol ship-masterpiece “Luoise Michel”, financed by Bansky and captained by Pia Klemp. Sea Watch 3 and Ocean Viking remain confiscated in Porto Empedocle.
