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They are aimed at Palermo the 353 migrants aboard the Sea Watch 4, the ship of the German NGO that in recent days carried out its first mission after the rest of the means used by the organization, namely the ship Sea Watch 3, is still under administrative detention in Porto Empedocle.
Initially it appeared that the migrants recovered in the central Mediterranean by the NGO were destined for Lampedusa, but thanks to an increasingly explosive situation on the island, the port of the Sicilian capital was indicated.
The announcement was made by the Sea Watch members themselves through their Twitter account: “11 days after our first aid – can be read on the social page of the NGO – we finally have a safe place for the 353 people on board SeaWatch4. We are heading towards the port of Palermo, where the people will be transferred to a ship made available by the authorities for a quarantine period ”.
The ship mentioned is the Allegra, left in the last hours of Genoa and that was selected by tender of the Ministry of Transport after the indications received from Viminale. The Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese has in fact decided to continue with the quarantine ship policy, which began last April with the arrival in Palermo of the Rubettino where the migrants from the Aita Mari and Alan Kurdi, vehicles of the NGO Salvamento Maritimo Humanitario and Sea Eye respectively.
A policy, that of the ministry, which has attracted not a few criticisms, above all for its costs: Moby Zazà For example, the second ship used for quarantine, which arrived in Porto Empedocle last May, cost one million euros a month. By Wednesday, again according to what has been learned from the Interior Ministry, five means should be used to enforce the quarantine on board for migrants.
Currently the Aurelia and the Azure, the third will soon be ready to house the 353 migrants from Sea Watch 4. The latter in turn welcomed on board in recent days some people recovered from the Louise michel, the old French patrol boat bought by an anonymous tycoon and distinguished by the decorations of the artist Bansky. The new mission of the new Sea Watch ship started 11 days ago, now the German NGO has docked again in Italian ports. At the end of July, Sea Watch 3 had arrived in Porto Empedocle, with the migrants then transferred to Moby Zazà and with at least 30 of them positive for coronavirus. Since then, Sea Watch 3 has been under administrative detention.
In recent days, NGOs seem to want to return to the office: both the Spanish Open Arms and the Italian Mediterranea Saving Humans have announced their desire to return to the Central Mediterranean, activities that would be in addition to those previously described by Sea Watch 4 and Louise Michel.
Meanwhile, Sea Watch also reported another rescue in the Mediterranean, with 18 migrants rescued by the merchant ship. Ace twenty-nine: “During today’s mission – reads the NGO platform on Twitter – the Moonbird crew came into contact by radio with the Bouri oil platform. From the platform they reported that, yesterday afternoon, Asso Ventinove rescued 18 people from the deck of a sinking wooden ship. “The eighteen rescued counted at least three deaths among those on board the small boat:” The castaways – reported by Sea Watch – told the Ace Twenty-nine’s crew that they had lost three of their companions at sea. Moonbird embarked on a pattern of search to find the missing but, sadly, to no avail. The survivors must now be able to disembark quickly in a safe harbor. “
Salvini’s reaction
And on the new Sea Watch case, the reaction of the League secretary was recorded in the last hours. Matteo salvini: “The League,” declared the former Minister of the Interior in the last hours, “will denounce the government for helping illegal immigration if it allows the disembarkation of these other 353 illegal immigrants aboard another illegal foreign ship.” As owner of the Ministry of the Interior, Matteo Salvini had engaged in a tug of war with the NGO Sea Watch in the summer of 2019 when he twice denied access to Italy to the ship Sea Watch 3. A political confrontation that later culminated in the case concerning the attack in June 2019 against a Guardia di Finanza patrol boat, when the captain of the German NGO vehicle was Carola Rackete.
Upon the arrival of the Sea Watch 4 in Palermo, the intervention of the Forza Italia senator must also be registered, Anna Maria Bernini: “The return to the sea at full capacity of NGOs represents an additional magnet for migrants and, unfortunately, an incentive for the business of human smugglers,” declared the leader of the force.
“The Sea Watch heads to Palermo with 353 people on board, while autonomous landings with small boats continue – continues Bernini – The government is multiplying quarantined ships, but the hot spots are still crowded and in dramatic hygiene conditions. No en This is undoubtedly the way to govern an emergency that runs the risk of becoming increasingly unsustainable. “
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