Sinking of Crotone, Meloni and the Pope’s appeal: “Priority to stop the dead at sea”

The words of the Pope, who at the Angelus called for massacres like the one in Cutro to never happen again, are being endorsed by the government. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterates that the priority remains to stop smugglers and those killed at sea, while Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini confirms that the fight against human traffickers will be strengthened. On the other hand, Chancellor Tajani returns to question Europe, reiterating that the establishment of a policy of flows at EU level continues to be fundamental to avoid the repetition of tragedies such as that of Crotone. And the association of magistrates also intervenes in the issue of migrants, reiterating that the obligation to rescue continues to be mandatory and recalling that there are no rules that prevent people from fleeing wars and misery

Giorgia Meloni in a message on social networks highlights that “the words of the Holy Father represent a great appeal to all institutions”. And she adds: “As a government, we make them ours by continuing to employ all necessary forces to fight human smugglers and stop deaths at sea.”

Matteo Salvini echoes them, explaining, again on social media, that “human traffickers must be stopped. I share the words of the Holy Father and work, not starting today, to put them into practice and save lives”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, also intervened in an interview, highlighting that “the establishment of European flows, by the EU, would be fundamental. Even with a series of agreements with the States and reward mechanisms for the most virtuous. parcels of regular immigrants to the states that best combat the phenomenon of illegal immigrants, allowing the smugglers’ boats to return or not to leave”.

The Anm then intervenes in the issue of migrants. “No regulation – the note reads – could ever impose on anyone the duty not to flee from countries where war or poverty prevent access to decent living conditions”. And he adds: “If in terms of principles it can be said that the protection of the foreigner, who in his own country would be deprived of the fundamental rights of the person, belongs to the Italian legal heritage, the ANM has not failed to underline the critical questions of the rules throughout years govern the procedure for obtaining refugee status or subsidiary protection”.

Of the majority, the leader of Forza Italia in the Senate, Licia Ronzulli, sides with the government and notes: “I think that using what happened in Cutro to exploit and change the center-right’s migration policy is really regrettable.” The national secretary of the Italian Left Nicola Fratoianni responds remotely: “There is an ocean between the words of Pope Francis and the behavior of the ministers of the Meloni government”.