Meloni says that only Italy saves migrants

The premier rejected that government measures are causing deaths

After the session of the Senate, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni went this Wednesday (22) to the Chamber of Deputies to present the government’s positions at the forthcoming European Council and rejected the opposition’s criticism that the actions taken by her have caused more migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea.

“To say that in the face of this enormous effort we are letting children die in the Mediterranean is a slander not only against the government, but against the Italian state, against the men and women of the forces of order. men of the Don’t you want to save the children by order of the government?” Meloni responded to one of the criticisms of the opposition.

The right-wing government, led by you, has imposed a new decree to control the work of humanitarian NGOs at sea – with these groups rescuing around 10% of all people trying to reach European territory – and has also modified the rules for the landing of the saved.

However, the criticisms have become heavier after the tragedy that took place in Cutro, on 26 February, when at least 87 people, almost half of whom were minors, died after the ship sank. Another 80 were rescued and an estimated 30 to 40 are still missing.

According to Meloni, Italy “has been left alone to do this job [de resgate] even, sometimes, outside its maritime borders and that the country “will not be the refugee camp of Europe”.

Despite what Meloni said, about 11% of people who arrive by sea remain in Italy, with the vast majority looking for northern European countries, such as Germany and France.

As happened in the Senate, the document with the government’s positions should be approved without difficulty, given that the coalition has the majority in the Chamber. Also, in the section addressing unrestricted aid to Ukraine in the war against Russia, there is support from a large part of the opposition. .

Source: Terra

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