(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 08 - "The Italian government has closed our eyes on the Mediterranean. From Friday our civilian monitoring plane Moonbird can no longer take off from Lampedusa. The accusation is that it has reported too many times, for too long time, the presence of people in immediate need of help in the Central Mediterranean ".
The spokesperson for Sea Watch, Giorgia Linardi, says it.
"Since June - he explains - we have carried out 47 missions and sighted 2600 people in danger, asking for immediate help. The law requires it, yet it is precisely this that is being contested".
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