The Ocean Viking ship
with 37 migrants rescued off the Libyan coast
will arrive tomorrow afternoon, around 7 pm at quay 22 of the port of Ancona, and not on the morning of January 11 as previously assumed .
It is learned from the Prefecture of Ancona that you are coordinating the operations for the reception and assistance of the shipwrecked.
For the other ship,
the Geo Barents
, with 73 migrants on board, the landing in Ancona could be postponed to January 12 but an advance is not excluded.
Meanwhile,
in Sicily,
where the
interior minister, Matteo Piantedosi
, participates in the provincial council for order and security,
the mayor of Lampedusa and Linosa, Filippo Mannino,
calls for State intervention to manage the emergency.
In the island hotspot of migrants on the island there are 884 guests, compared to an availability of 398 places.
New landings are reported in
Crotone
: 62 arrived on board a sailboat.
In the international arena,
Sweden
, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, reiterates that no Swedish initiatives on relocations are foreseen in the short term.
The latter issue was certainly addressed during the meeting at Palazzo Chigi between Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni
and the President of the European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen
.
In Italy already 3,673 landed in 2023, ten times more than 2022. Pakistanis the most numerous, 146 unaccompanied minors
Awaiting the arrival in Ancona of the 110 migrants recovered from the humanitarian ships Ocean Viking and Geo Barents, there are already 3,673 people landed in Italy in the first nine days of the year according to data from the Interior Ministry.
A figure that is ten times higher than that recorded in the same period of 2022, when arrivals were 378. Pakistanis (345), Egyptians (201) and Syrians (192) are the most represented nationalities.
There are 146 unaccompanied minors landed so far.
The mayor of Lampedusa asks the Municipality to allow hiring. Staff committed daily to solving landing problems
"The Government must allow us to be able to hire staff: I have 15 employees in all and half of these employees are engaged on a daily basis to resolve issues and problems of the hotspot, starting with the registrar who is perpetually busy making paperwork for victims. But also the technical office is systematically busy with problems of rubbish, sewage from the hotspot and small boats now scattered on all our coasts which are disfigured".
This was stated by the mayor of Lampedusa and Linosa, Filippo Mannino, in Agrigento to participate in the provincial committee for public order and safety convened by the prefect Maria Rita Cocciufa in the presence of the interior minister Matteo Piantedosi.
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In addition to being able to hire staff, we need economic resources - added Mayor Mannino - which must be anticipated.
I cannot bind all the resources of our budget, taking away services from my fellow citizens, for example by binding sums of social services, youth policies, road maintenance in order to be able to face the expenses deriving from the hotspot or from the Favarolo pier". Lampedusa and Linosa is on the verge of financial instability, also due to the past administrative management. "To avert the instability, at least one and a half million euros would be needed to go to cover the deficit that has accumulated over the years - explained Mannino - and be able to work in peace.
It was one of those measures that we had been promised in the 'Lampedusa package'
Sweden, 'there won't be our initiative on relocations'. Danielsson, 'a clear legal basis is needed but more aware countries'
"For our part, we will not take any initiative on the relocation issue".
This was underlined by the Swedish ambassador Lars Danielsson when presenting the priorities of the six-monthly EU presidency led by Stockholm to the press.
The diplomat has not ruled out that the chapter on redistribution is in any case on the table at the European Council on 9 and 10 February.
"Today in the EU there is greater awareness that there is a common interest but a clear legal basis is needed that is understood by all members" for an agreement on the internal dimension of the migrant dossier, he explained.
Migrants: first landing of 2023 in Crotone, 62 arrived. Sailboat rescued offshore, there are also women and children
First landing of migrants of 2023 in the port of Crotone.
It happened last night when sixty-two people came ashore after being rescued off Isola Capo Rizzuto.
A naval unit of the Guardia di Finanza intercepted the sailing ship, which left the Turkish coast.
Also on board were 21 children and 16 women.
The refugees come from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
The landing operations in the port were coordinated by the Prefecture of Crotone and managed by the Immigration Office of the Police Headquarters.
The migrants were welcomed by the volunteers of the Italian Red Cross who then proceeded to transfer them to the reception center of Isola Capo Rizzuto.
There are 884 guests in the Lampedusa
hotspot There are 884 migrants present at the Lampedusa hotspot, compared to 398 places available.
Yesterday evening, with the Cossyra ferry that arrived at Porto Empedocle at dawn, 202 guests were transferred.
From today the sea conditions are considered prohibitive and therefore the crossings should stop.
Yesterday, a total of 243 people arrived with 6 different small boats.
In the early afternoon in Agrigento, convened by the prefect Maria Rita Cocciufa, a provincial committee for public order and safety will be held in the presence of the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, the police chief, Lamberto Giannini, and the mayor of Pelagie Philip Mannino.
