The 18 sailors of the two fishing boats sailing from Bengasi to Mazara del Vallo will arrive on Sunday between 8 and 10
.
Relatives who contacted the men of Antarctica and Medinea by radio say so.
"I want to go back to work, not to make war", said the commander of the Medinea fishing boat, Pietro Marrone, in a radio link broadcast by Rainews 24.
"Our jailers - added Marrone - did not want us to look them in the eye, otherwise they would have stuck their heads in the bidet".
The commander also said that the sailors often cooked for the jailers and had to serve them food, always with the prohibition to look them in the face and from sharing two cells, together with his companions, with other foreign inmates.
"The government is with you"
.
Thus the Foreign Minister Luigi
Di Maio addressed the families of Sicilian fishermen via video link
.
Present at the meeting, according to what is learned, also the owners of the fishing boats, the mayor of Mazara del Vallo and the minister Alfonso Bonafede.
Di Maio told the fishermen's families that "tomorrow he will not be able to be present" upon arrival and wished them "a Merry Christmas".
The connection lasted about 15 minutes and the Minister of Justice Alfonso Bonafede, originally from Mazara del Vallo, also intervened and announced an upcoming visit to the fishermen of his city.
The mayor Salvatore Quinci and the owner of the Medinea, Marco Marrone, were also present at the connection, which took place in the premises of the Municipality, who thanked the government, adding that "some criticism advanced to the executive was dictated by exasperation of those who had to wait for a solution to the question for 108 days ".
"But - he added - the worst is over and this is the time to rejoice".
