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Migrants in Lampedusa, Mucci: "No more false pain and catwalks"
As long ago as 21st September 2015, the Lampedusa reception center became a hotspot following the approval of the European Agenda on Immigration in May 2015. Agenda which envisaged the opening of the centers for the identification and registration of migrants arrived in Europe irregularly. The brilliant idea that came out of the agenda was that of transforming existing centers (Lampedusa, Pozzallo, Trapani, Messina, Taranto) into hotspots.
Some good thinkers will say: what do you want 48 hours to identify and restore these blessed migrants to "freedom". In addition, European personnel (EASO) were added to the Italian identification staff. European Asylum Support Office. European Asylum Support Office. (The agency operates as a specialized center for asylum; contributes to the development of the Common European Asylum System by facilitating, coordinating and reinforcing practical cooperation between Member States on the many aspects of asylum and helping them to meet international and European commitments on protection for persons they need).
Two years earlier, exactly on 3 October 2013 the tragedy, one of the most serious maritime catastrophes in the Mediterranean. A fishing vessel about 20 meters long, set sail from the Libyan port of Misurata with migrants of African descent coming from Eritrea.
The boat had reached about half a mile from the Lampedusa coasts when the engines stopped. To attract the attention of ships passing by The captain's assistant stirred a fiery rag, producing a lot of smoke, which scared part of the passengers from one side of the overflowing vessel that has capsized. The shipwreck resulted in 368 confirmed deaths and about 20 missing.
The reactions did not wait. The then President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano declared: "I feel shame and horror, it is necessary to review the anti-reception laws". Cecilia Malmstrom, European Commissioner for Home Affairs declared: "Let us make sure that what happened in Lampedusa is a wake-up call to increase mutual support and solidarity, and to avoid similar tragedies in the future".
José Manuel Barroso, then president of the European Commission flies to Lampedusa, being severely challenged by the population of the island to the cry of "killers" I have with me 30 000 000 euros been allocated by the European Union to help refugees in Italy declared.
Following the shipwreck, there were numerous criticisms, in particular, of the laws in force in Italy, such as the Bossi-Fini law, the Turco-Napolitano law and the Maroni decree. Everyone shouted: they are to be repealed. Everyone shouted "murderers".
From the marble palace of the Ministry of the Interior someone looking out from the main balcony screamed: "State funeral for the victims" We have to run for cover, "said the Hon. Pilin sitting in the EU benches. Here's the idea: "Operation Mare nostrum" rescue of migrants at sea. (duration from October 18, 2013 to October 31, 2014) Not good said the EU. And here is check Operation Triton. Border security operation of the European Union with the aim of keeping borders in the Mediterranean Sea. Past the "roar", the "false pain", the "catwalks", as on every theater of life, the curtain falls on the splendid Lampedusa. Only the voice of Totò Martello Mayor of Lampedusa echoes. We want to live in peace.
