"Special protection is an Italian unicum that creates attractive conditions for immigration and we will eliminate it".
This was stated by
Nicola Molteni
, Undersecretary of the Interior, arriving in Milan to celebrate the 171st anniversary of the State Police.
"Italy already guarantees asylum - he added - but we will cancel this with the conversion of the Immigration Decree".
Molteni, to reporters who recalled the problems that recently occurred in Milan at the decentralized foreign office in via Cagni, said that the question "is no longer a local but a national issue" and that it is precisely linked to the issue of special protection.
In the meantime,
the ship Diciotti of the Italian Navy is docked in the port of Pozzallo in the morning
.
There are 305 migrants on board: 296 men, one woman and eight minors (of which 5 are unaccompanied).
Most, 221, are Syrians.
Also on board were two Bangladeshis, 62 Egyptians, one Palestinian and 18 Pakistanis.
A 30-year-old man who underwent head surgery three weeks ago was checked and treated.
Many of the migrants were in a state of hypothermia.
All were given insulated clothes and blankets.
The disembarkation operations have already begun and should be completed in the morning.