The Senate has definitively approved the bill ratifying the
Italy-Albania
agreement on migrants which provides for the opening of two CPRs in Albanian territory, to welcome 3000 migrants.
There were 93 votes in favour, 61 against and no abstentions.
Applause from the majority benches.
The reaction of the Italian Episcopal Community to the law is harsh
.
"Today the Senate approved the Albania-Italy agreement for the detention of migrants that the Coast Guard will save at sea.
673 million euros in ten years up in smoke due to the inability to build a widespread reception system
in our country, at the 16th place in Europe in the reception of asylum seekers compared to the number of inhabitants", "673 million euros truly 'thrown into the sea' due to the inability to govern a phenomenon, that of forced migration, which is pretended to be blocked, but which grows from year to year", said Mgr.
Gian Carlo Perego, president of the Migration Commission of the CEI and Migrantes.
For Mgr.
Perego, with the agreement between Italy and Albania, " a new defeat of democracy
"
is established .
Those "six hundred and seventy-three million euros could regenerate not only the lives of many people (3,000), but also the lives of our communities. Six hundred and seventy-three million euros which would have meant jobs and an economic spin-off", underlines in a note the president of Migrants.
"Six hundred and seventy-three million spent also because we look more at selling weapons - expenditure on armaments increased by 3.7% compared to the previous year, reaching 2240 billion dollars, the highest level ever recorded (Sipri) - and at financing conflicts - there are 56 states that in 2022 were in situations of armed conflict, 5 more than the previous year (Sipri) -, rather than building peace. A waste of public resources. A new act of non-government of migration, of does not protect the least of the earth".
Melons: for the North Africa Caivano model, let's all go there
"We must keep our attention high. This is why I need the whole government", "I imagine operationally, and mediatically, a "Caivano" model for North Africa, in particular for Tunisia and Libya, well aware of the differences between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica We must strive to make "our closeness and our real spirit of solidarity felt" in the meantime with "ministerial discussions that strengthen collaboration.
Let's all go to Libya and Tunisia, develop projects, check the execution, coordinating the presences, so that they are regular and give a sense of continuity". Thus Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the CDM.
Tajani, 'Italy-Albania agreement is not a waste of money'
"It doesn't seem like money thrown into the sea to me, then everyone has their opinion. It's money that is well spent, to address the migration issue with a country that is a candidate to join the European Union. Today Blinken was there."
This was said by the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, on the sidelines of an event in Pescara for the presentation of Forza Italia candidates for the next Abruzzo regional elections, responding to reporters who asked him for a comment on the harsh stance taken by the President of the Commission for CEI migrations on the agreement between Italy and Albania.
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