Live broadcast – Migrants in Lampedusa: the arrivals were transferred to Sicily, and Darmanin calls for a new meeting
Numerous checks were carried out at the French-Italian border
Gendarmerie forces are conducting regular inspections on the French-Italian border, after the influx of migrants in recent days to the island of Lampedusa, according to our special correspondent in Ventimiglia.
Police open the trunks of cars arriving at the border to ensure that migrants are not hidden there. According to humanitarian societies, there are many pushbacks.
“Berlinbein Powder”: Benoit Hamon criticizes political leaders who call for border closures
Former Socialist Party presidential candidate Benoit Hamon, now president of the NGO Singa, spoke RMC This Saturday on the issue of migrants in Lampedusa.
Above all, you should not listen to “those who tell you that they will close the borders, they will not succeed, it is all nonsense,” as Jordan Bardella, the National Rally candidate in the 2024 European elections, called. elections, and particularly called for toughness on this issue.
“If you close legal immigration, you increase illegal immigration,” believes Benoit Hamon.
“We can’t stay like this”: In Lampedusa, migrants face precarious living conditions
Thousands of migrants have disembarked the ship in recent days On the Italian island of Lampedusa They face a very basic health situation inside the center that welcomes them, as noted by our team sent to the site.
With drawn faces and an often turbulent atmosphere, men, women and children sit in the courtyard, patiently waiting to find out where they are going next.
“We can’t stay like this,” complains Abu, a migrant, into our microphone.
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Germany announces that it will no longer accept immigrants from Italy since “the end of August”
Germany announced, on Wednesday, that it had suspended the voluntary reception of asylum seekers from Italy, stipulated in European agreements, due to “Strong migration pressureRome refused to implement these same agreements.
A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said that the German government informed Rome of its decision “at the end of August.”
This suspension “until further notice” relates to the “Voluntary European Solidarity Mechanism” which regulates the transfer of asylum seekers from the country of arrival in the EU to other voluntary Member States.
The Foreign Minister confirms that France is “taking its role” in receiving immigrants
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna reiterated this on Friday LCI France “took its share” in distributing immigrants.
She continued: “You know that France takes its share, and that European countries take their share unequally, and some even refuse to do so,” in the context of tensions between member states, especially with Germany.
The head of diplomacy also called for ending the long European negotiations on the asylum and migration agreement “before the end of the year,” considering this point “inevitable.”
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin calls a new meeting on Saturday morning
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin called for a new extraordinary meeting on the immigration issue on Saturday morning with his ministry. A speech is expected at the end of this meeting.
A first meeting was held on Friday afternoon “on the Italian immigration situation following the events that took place in Lampedusa,” according to Buffao. The relevant police, gendarmerie, immigration and internal intelligence services were called in, as well as the governors of Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-Maritimes.
Emmanuel Macron defends the “European duty of solidarity” with Italy
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday defended the “European duty of solidarity” with Italy, while the island of Lampedusa faces a sudden influx of migrants.
These comments also come at a time when Germany has just suspended the voluntary reception of asylum seekers from this country due to “strong migration pressure” and Rome’s refusal to implement European agreements.
Giorgia Meloni calls Italy’s migration pressure “unsustainable”
The head of the right-wing and far-right Italian government, Giorgia Meloni, confirmed on Friday that the migration pressure that her country is suffering from with the daily arrival of thousands of migrants is “unsustainable” and called on the European Union to respond.
She said in a video message broadcast by her services, “The migration pressure that Italy has been experiencing since the beginning of the year is unbearable. It is the result of the difficult international situation” in Africa.
The flow of immigrants to Lampedusa declined, and the arrivals were transferred to Sicily
The flow of migrants to Lampedusa declined on Friday, after more than 7,000 migrants arrived in less than 48 hours on the Italian island.
Italian authorities are transporting thousands of people who arrived this week by sea to Sicily and the continent.
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