Italy is not responsible for the Cutro tragedy, and if it did not intervene to save shipwrecked migrants, it was simply because it had not received any distress alerts from Frontex. This was expressed by Giorgia Meloni, speaking to reporters at the end of her double trip to India and the Arab Emirates at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.
The Prime Minister described the restructuring of the government’s actions in the press regarding the shipwreck, in which more than 60 migrants, including children, lost their lives, as “surreal”. “Your ‘silent prime minister’ has come to answer your questions,” Meloni began, responding to those who had recently accused him of not facing the tragedy in Calabria. “I wonder if there is anyone in this country who conscientiously believes that the government has deliberately killed more than 60 people, including children. I ask you, do you believe that by looking into your eyes the Italian government can save 60 people, including one?” A boy of about 3 years old and he didn’t. Let’s be serious,” said the prime minister.
“The emergency notification from Frontex did not reach our authorities. We were not warned that this ship was in danger of sinking. The route is not covered by non-governmental organizations and thus the government’s provisions on NGOs,” the Prime Minister insisted. he also announced his intention to celebrate the next Cabinet in Cutro to give a concrete signal on the issue of immigrants. The majority leader also defended Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, who was taken by storm for saying that migrants should not leave the country, arguing that “opposition demands for resignation are no longer news”.
Source: Today IT
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