Italian street artist Laika on Monday put a floating installation showing a migrant fighting against drowning in the sea off the Calabrian town of Cutro where 94 migrants including 35 minors drowned a year ago.
The installation bore the words 'Never Again', in English.
"The Mediterranean is a vast cemetery, a sea that drags onto its bed thousands of lives," said the female Roman artist, who always works in a mask and has not revealed her age.
"Immediately after the Cutro massacre, because of a decree form this government, created with the excuse of blocking landings but which actually hampers rescues. the deaths have increased around seven a day," she said.
"Without those senseless voyages of rescue ships towards far-offports. without seizures and absurd ends for the NGOs, we would now be mourning fewer lives cut down.
"It's incredible that European governments do not understand the desperation of these people, ready to undergo torture in Libyanprisons, to risk dying in the sea just to get away from their countries of origin;
since 2014 more than 28,000 people have lost their lives in the Mediterranean, a massacre without end.
"It is necessary to create safe and legal channels of access forthese people fleeing wars, poverty, persecutions and violations of human rights: a 'Sage Passage'.
"Let's change the laws so that all this does not happen anymore.
Never Again".
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