New
stalemate in Italy as Salvini says latest ship cannot unload
African migrants, by Ann Corcoran, 8/21/18.
Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini says that before anyone can step off the ship, other EU countries must
agree to take the migrants to their own countries. The Ubaldo Diciotti in
the port of Catania last night
Invasion of Europe
news…..From The Guardian: Standoff in Italy as Salvini refuses to let in refugees
after coastguard ship docks
An Italian coastguard
ship with 177 people on board has docked in the Sicilian seaport of Catania,
but Italy’s far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini has not given
authorisation for the refugees and migrants to disembark.
The passengers, who have been stuck on the coastguard boat Ubaldo
Diciotti for five days will not be allowed on land until “Europe steps in to
help’’, Salvini said.
The Diciotti picked up 190
refugees and migrants last Wednesday from an overcrowded boat about 17 sea
miles from the island of Lampedusa. Thirteen of them were evacuated for
emergency medical treatment.
Since then, Rome has
insisted that Malta should take the group because their boat first passed
through its search-and-rescue area. But Malta has refused, claiming that the migrants
wanted to reach Italy. Questioned by the Italian authorities,
the 13 evacuated migrants claimed that the Maltese had escorted them outside
its search-and-rescue zone.
On Monday afternoon, after
three days of negotiations, Italy’s transport minister Danilo Toninelli
announced finally on Twitter that “The Diciotti ship will dock in Catania.”
But shortly afterwards,
sources close to Salvini said he had not given the authorisation to disembark,
suggesting the boat was granted permission to dock but the migrants will have
to remain on board.
Salvini said on Italian
TV: “The ship may land in Italy, as long as the 177 migrants are distributed,
in a spirit of solidarity by the EU.” More here.
Meanwhile…..From The Express: EU’S SCHENGEN CRISIS: Germany
‘considering proposal to impose border controls’ with FRANCE
Germany will send shockwaves
to the rest of the Europe by proposing fellow EU powerhouse
France with border controls, according to reports.
Too bad Chancellor Merkel
didn’t close Germany’s borders years ago since it was the magnet for the
massive flood of migrants to Europe in 2014 and 2015!
And this too…From the New
York Times about Spain: ‘All of Africa Is Here’: Where Europe’s
Southern Border Is Just a Fence.
CEUTA, Spain — For most
migrants from Africa, the last stage of their trip to Europe involves some sort
of perilous sea crossing. At the border in Ceuta, there is just a fence.
Go
here for my
complete ‘Invasion of
Europe’ archive which extends
back years and shows a chronology of weakness by European leaders who were
warned that they must stop the invasion by turning back boats/securing borders
years ago.
Italy gives me hope, but realistically
is it too late…will Europe one day be Africa and the Middle East?
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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