NGO, first reactions to the government decree
It seems excluded for the moment that an answer to the immigration node arriving from Europeas is evident from the statement by the ambassador in Brussels of Sweden, who has been leading the EU semester since 1 January: “During the Swedish presidency of the EU Council, – said Lars Danielsson, in an interview with the Financial Times – there will be no pact on immigration” The Meloni government aims to bring order with the NGO decree, which “guarantees the safety of people – underlines the premier – ensuring protection of order and security publish” The decree provides that the ships that rescue people from a shipwreck must immediately take them to the port indicated by the Italian authorities without continuing to carry out rescues and transhipments, and that the NGOs that apply for a port in Italy must fulfill the asylum applications already on board , to the State whose flag the ship flies.
What the Geo Barents of Doctors Without Borders, arrived today in Taranto, did not. But it departed from the port of Taranto without sanctions since it agitated before the provision becomes law. Also Ocean Vicking has left the port of Ravenna, where 113 migrants disembarked on Saturday. “We are sure that we are acting legally by saving people” said the activists of Sos Mediterranée, heading towards the central Mediterranean in the Sar area, which they will reach on January 6. “We always request a safe port immediately after a rescue – he explains Sos Mediterranéestill in controversy due to the assignment of the Romagna port – if we are destined for a port that is too far away, the Sar area is left unguarded, we should provide one that logistically makes sense, because the priority is the people at risk at sea”.