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The Government has approved a new decree law to solve themigrant emergency after the landings of the last few weeks. This is why he was called Lampedusa decree.
The text has not yet been released but the content can be deduced from Prime Minister Conte’s words:
- On the one hand, the provision provides for immediate intervention to decongest the hotspot of the island;
- on the other a series of support measures for economic operators and of citizenship of the very small island, especially tax concessions until December 21, 2020.
Within the same decree, the Government also intervened on the School front, dissolving the knots linked to distancing in public transport reach the Institutes and classes. For this, state financial aid will be implemented.
Lampedusa decree: news arrives to help the island
The Executive has chosen to intervene in the issue of the landings in Lampedusa, after protests in recent days by Governor Nello Musumeci. The Council of Ministers was held late yesterday and, as Prime Minister Conte announced, the Government agreed to issue a new decree.
“The Council of Ministers, at the proposal of President Giuseppe Conte and the competent ministers, approved a decree-law that introduces urgent provisions to meet the non-postponable needs related to the epidemiological emergency of COVID-19. The text intervenes in various areas, in order to ensure a good start to the school year, remodel and guarantee local public transport and measures to support the Pelagie Islands ”.
But what is it exactly Lampedusa decree on landings and migrants? In the next few hours we will have more details, for the moment we know that the new decree law intervenes on two different fronts:
- liberate and lighten the hotspot on the island of Lampedusa, move migrants and intensify control operations and coordination of reception centers (especially after positive cases of Covid-19);
- foresee an aid plan aimed at private citizens of Lampedusa, companies and all commercial activities on the island, includingreduction of tax burden.
As we learn from the CdM press release:
“In consideration of the evolution of migratory flows and the consequent health security measures necessary for the prevention of contagion by COVID-19, the text provides, for subjects with fiscal domicile, the registered office or operational headquarters in the territory of the City Council of Lampedusa and Linosa, the suspension until December 21, 2020 of the payment of taxes as well as social and assistance contributions and premiums for the compulsory insurance against accidents and occupational diseases ”.
The island of Sicily is in financial trouble and “It deserves a strong response from the state”, these are the words of the Prime Minister.
School and transport, news
Although it is called the Lampedusa decree, the new provision contains several innovations regarding thestart of school year and the management of public transport for students. In particular, on this last point, the Government foresees that the Regions, Autonomous Provinces and municipalities use the resources provided for by the August decree to finance additional transport services and measures are introduced to allow use.
