Don Mattia Ferrari, young priest of the diocese of Modena and Nonantola, has long been an activist of the NGO Mediterranea Saving People and works as chaplain of the ship Mare Jonio, the only one flying the Italian flag sailing in the waters of the civilian fleet. Migrants leaving the shores of Libya and Tunisia […]
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Rescues and debates Does Germany really fund NGOs that rescue migrants? Here are the “humanitarian” budgets, from Sea Watch to the Louise Michel passing through United4Rescue: Who is behind the galaxy of humanitarian ships accused by the Meloni government of receiving payments from the German state?
There is a very long list of private donors, as well as companies, non-governmental organizations and, less commonly, local governments. But above all the Evangelical Church. For now the State is missing. Yes, because although in recent days Rome has rummaged through the budgets of organizations involved in migrant search and rescue in the Mediterranean […]
“Hundreds of requests for help from migrants that EU governments don’t listen to”
“We beg you to stop killing.” This is the name of the demonstration organized by the NGO Alarm Phone to defend immigrants, which will take place in front of the European Parliament on 28-30 June on the occasion of the European Union leaders’ summit. European capital on 29 and 30 June. Alarm Phone activists will […]
Migrants, Schlein unleashed against Meloni: “Cancel the NGO decree”
“If Cutro’s Council of Ministers wants to make sense, it must abolish the Legislative Decree that hinders rescue at sea, the Legislative Decree on NGOs.” The new secretary of the Democratic Party is up in arms who, after not saying a word while Interior Minister Piantedosi was speaking in the Chamber addressing the opposition about […]
Emergency for migrants, Germany considers restrictions on NGO ships
Migrant problem on the table of all European nations. The flow of migrants creates chain repercussions and it is impossible not to deal with this epochal emergency. The German government is evaluating measures that may be restrictive for German-flagged NGO vessels. It is the German broadcaster ARD that reveals that the Federal Transport Ministry, led […]
Migrants, Piantedosi defends himself: “I am not inhumane, I want to avoid these tragedies”
“Desperation does not justify trips that put children at risk.” The sentence of Matteo Piantedosi, Minister of the Interior, pronounced after the tragedy of the migrants who wanted to disembark in Calabria on the beaches of Steccato di Cutro unleashed chaos. The owner of Viminale wanted to respond to the controversy with an interview with […]
Migrants, German MPs terrified of NGO decree: “Don’t approve”
Sixty-six German MPs are asking their colleagues in the Italian Parliament to “commit themselves to the unconditional observance of international law” and to intervene in parliament on the government’s decree dealing with NGOs, tomorrow in the final vote in the Chamber. “We are very concerned – reads the appeal, reported by Sea Watch – with […]
EU, the denunciation of Sardone (Lega): “The NGOs write the amendments to the Greens”
‘In the European Parliament, amendments written by NGOs instead of MPs? Unacceptable. Jutta Paulus is a member of the Greens, rapporteur of the Itre commission on the new regulation for the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector. During the analysis of the text it was verified that the compromise amendments advanced by the […]
Anti-immigrant wall dividing Europe: European moderates closer than ever to Meloni
The debate over whether to allocate EU funds for the construction of anti-immigrant walls shows no signs of waning. The issue, which has been under the spotlight of European politics for weeks, came to the fore again in the meeting between the ministers responsible for European affairs in Brussels yesterday. “Anti-immigrant barriers” “play an important […]
“They are ferries”: Giorgia Meloni’s attack on NGO ships
From the “water taxis” of Luigi Di Maio to the “ferries” of Giorgia Meloni. Humanitarian ships are always on target. “NGOs also want to stay on the African coast for weeks: they take migrants and don’t go to the port, they wait to fill the ship and take it to the port they are considering. […]