Immigrants, commemoration in Agrigento. Nicolini:'' 'Mare Nostrum' is a little''
last update: 21 October, 16:39
Agrigento, October 21 (Adnkronos) - A commemoration ceremony, on the coast of San Leone Agrigento , to the 366 victims of the sinking of Lampedusa last October 3, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Angelino Alfano, Cecile Kyenge of Ministers and Mario Mauro.
" Italy is moved by what happened because he feels the pain and deep hurt for so many people who hoped to Italy and Europe putting at risk their lives so changed - said Mauro -. And we are here to remember that what unites us as human beings is stronger than any other consideration. "
Tens of Eritreans from all over Italy came to the area to take part in the ceremony. In the background singing a lullaby with the pain of Eritreans who wear the typical clothes of their country. Two of their fellow countrymen, on the pier in San Leone, meanwhile, complain about the lack of survivors. "Because the 157 survivors were not invited?" Reads a banner.
There is also a group of Catholic Copts, with the typical clothes of religion. Also present was the Vice President of the Islamic religious community Yahya Pallavicini
The bodies have already been buried in cemeteries all of Sicily . And Deres Araya, president of the Eritrean Community in Italy, asking only that'' Italy keep your promise and you returned the bodies to their families in Eritrea. "
Absent, then, more than 150 Eritreans who survived the shipwreck . The migrants complained to the reception center in Lampedusa asking to participate in the commemoration: a group of Eritreans forced the entrance of the hostel Contrada Imbriacola and prevented the exit of the bus carrying a group of Syrians directly in Puglia . Some of them have also blocked the road with a large boulder. Others have reached the town of Lampedusa, where a delegation met with the deputy mayor of the island. In the end, the protest has returned, not the discontent of the Eritreans.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Lampedusa Giusy Nicolini presented during a press conference in the Senate with the President of the Human Rights Commissone Luigi Manconi, a plan for humanitarian admission into the European Union . "The operation 'Mare Nostrum' it seems to me very little. They continue to give military responses to humanitarian questions. Would be time for a change," said Nicolini. "I found most helpful - gave an example Nicolini - decongest the center of Lampedusa, where nothing has changed. Lampedusa can not do more to hold all the dead . " Hence the four-point proposal for admission into the European Union humanitarian through the granting of a measure of temporary protection and the implementation of a plan of resettlement with international organizations and humanitarian associations
" It 's time to throw off the mask, you must do something , Lampedusa can not do more to hold all these deaths, "said Nicolini.
As for the tragedy of 3 October, the mayor of Lampedusa spoke of "lights and shadows. Lights are the heroism of those who rescue migrants, on the other hand shadows are represented by the lack of coordination of those who managed the post tragedy. " While on ceremony of Agrigento, and that has been held in Lampedusa, explained: "We were not involved in this decision.''(Software translation)
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Lampedusa, migrants: "We want to bury our loved ones"October 21, 2013
They forced the gates of the temporary reception center in Lampedusa and headed to the port. I'm in 108. They are the survivors of the shipwreck on October 3 ( PHOTOS and VIDEO ) today and ask only one thing: to embark on a ship bound to Agrigento to be able to take part in the funeral of their fellow travelers, of those 366 men, women and children who in the long crossing from Libya to the Mediterranean lost their lives. But the Prefecture has banned them from participating.
Migrants: "We want to bury our loved ones" - "We're trapped in here, we want to participate in the funeral of our brothers," said a survivor of the sinking. "One of us has lost his wife and children into the sea," he adds. After exiting the center's inmates have staged a sit-in. A group instead went in front of the Town Hall.
Funerals in Agrigento - At the memorial service, which will be held in the afternoon, will be attended by Ministers of the Interior, Alfano and Integration, Kyenge. The mayor of Lampedusa, Giusy Nicolini, will meet in Rome Napolitano and Boldrini, but not participate in the commemoration, in opposition to the decision not to keep her on the island (" Here we could make decent funeral , "he said a few days ago).
Continuing operations for the recognition - in the offices of the Flying Squad meanwhile continuing operations for the recognition of the victims of the sinking of last October 3. The relatives are shown personal items and the pictures taken by the police scientific bodies. These are the people who are already buried and who do not have a name yet and that this has been indicated with a number written on the coffin and grave.(Software translation)
http://tg24.sky.it/tg24/cronaca/2013/10/21/agrigento_funerali_naufragio_lampedusa_protesta_migranti.html
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