Not only has Italy been left alone again on the immigration front, but it must now also endure the attempts of theEuropean Union and from Germany to dictate the line to our government. Perhaps they would like to give us lessons and map out the route to follow in managing arrivals on our coasts. But Giorgia Meloni’s executive was clear: to help the most vulnerable and to keep those in good health on board the NGOs. Apparently it is not enough for the EU and Germany to ask for a guarantee that the migrants will land.
The EU in print
She intervened in this regard Anita Hipper, spokesman for the European Commission, according to which there is “both a moral and a legal obligation” to save human lives “regardless of the circumstances that led people to an emergency situation at sea”. Hipper cited international norms that “every effort must be made to ensure that the time migrants spend on ships is minimized”. Translated: All people would have to disembark.
“We are closely monitoring the situation,” the spokesman added. All authorities were encouraged to “work together to facilitate this landing“In any case, Anitta Hipper welcomed the fact that the weakest migrants were also brought ashore last night, “whereby Italy allowed the disembarkation of people in need of protection”.
The Berlin Intervention
According to Ansa, the spokesman for the Federal Foreign Office also commented on the subject Sabine Sass, according to which sea rescue is a “moral and legal obligation and cannot be prevented”. The spokesman for the foreign and interior ministries of the federal government answers a question about what is happening with it CataniaCommenting on the decisions taken by Italy: “It is important that hundreds of people were able to disembark, but it is important that all people are rescued and that they can reach land.”
“We are in close contact with the Italian authorities,” the spokesman replied when asked about Berlin’s willingness to take in migrants who ended up on two NGO ships in Sicily. And he recalled that Minister Annalena Baerbock spoke “expressly about the issue of rescuing migrants at sea” at a bilateral meeting of the G7 of foreign ministers in the past few days Antonio Tajani.