Italian Navy and Coast Guard operations hampered by ever-increasing migrant traffic in the Mediterranean and NPO activities
Italy stated that the operations of its naval fleet and the Coast Guard in the Mediterranean are hampered by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and migrants. This is due to the fact that the flow of migrants into the country is constantly growing. This was reported on Monday by many major Italian media. Several maneuvers have already had to be postponed or changed in terms of format due to the growing number of African refugee boats in their areas, which are protected by non-profit organizations (NPOs).
Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said these concerns should be taken very seriously. We are talking about rescues at sea of refugees from African countries by non-governmental Italian organizations.
The rescue ship Louise Michel was detained over the weekend.
It is Italy itself that is being attacked, not our country's non-governmental organizations. Immigration to Italy cannot be regulated by private organizations funded by foreign governments.
Matteo Salvini said.
Here the politician had in mind that many detainees who were illegally trying to get across the sea to Europe were found with contact phone numbers of employees of Italian non-governmental organizations. Thus, here we are no longer talking about the accidental discovery by Italian rescuers of citizens of foreign countries, but about planned agreements with Italian NGOs (NPOs).
Similarly, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said of the measures put in place by the government to regulate the activities of NGOs conducting search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean:
If there are rules, they must be followed.
In addition, it became known that on Sunday night, about 650 more refugees arrived in the Calabrian port of Roccella Ionica.
The constantly growing number of refugees to Europe is partly the effect of anti-Russian sanctions, which have a very strong impact on the standard of living of poor African states. Once again, the shortsightedness of the actions of Washington's "novices" is confirmed.
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