The Italian island faces a record number of migrant landings
The President of the Executive of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, has accepted the invitation of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and will travel to the island of Lampedusa on Sunday (17).
The place is in a state of emergency due to successive records of migrant landings.
On Friday (15), the Prime Minister called for a European Union mission to “prevent the departure of boats full of migrants” and argued that “the migratory pressure on Rome since the beginning of the year is unsustainable”.
The visit is expected to take place in the morning, as von der Leyen is expected in New York at night for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
The island woke up this Saturday to citizen protests against the possibility of creating a new migrant camp.
“We are not afraid of the police chief, of Meloni, of Von der Leyen, come here and talk to us. We will stay here until the island is emptied and diverted so that it can breathe and the population can be calm and no longer martyred,” he said one of the leaders of the demonstration.
Residents even blocked the passage of vehicles on one street, but the road has now been reopened.
Also this Saturday the German press reported that the government intends to resume cooperation with Italy for the reception of refugees. security forces, and guaranteed that Lampedusa will not have a new “hotspot” reception center.
Also this Saturday the German press reported that the government intends to resume cooperation with Italy for the reception of refugees.
Last week Berlin announced the suspension of the voluntary relocation program for asylum seekers, established in 2022 and which provides for Germany to receive asylum seekers who have landed in Italy.
In exchange, Rome pledged to take back forced migrants who had sought refuge on German soil, even if they had entered the EU through Italian territory.
However, Germany suspended the protocol because Italy has “for some time” no longer fulfilled its part of the agreement.
The German agency DPA reported that the Interior Minister said that “the procedures were suspended because Italy did not demonstrate a willingness to welcome people, but now, of course, we will fulfill our obligation of solidarity.”
Another drama marked the day of the landings on the Italian island: a newborn baby landed dead during rescue from a ship.
Upon arrival on the island, the newborn’s body was buried in the cemetery of the reception center in the Imbriacola district.
The child’s mother was taken for medical treatment.
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Source: Terra

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