Agrigento, the ceremony for the memory of the victims of the sinking
Migrants, Alfano challenged by the crowd. The bodyguards took him away
Shipwreck of Lampedusa, commemoration without coffins. Present the relatives of the victims and representatives of the Eritrean community and Coptic, as well as to the authorities. The Minister Mauro: "Italy is moved." The mayor of Lampedusa, in Rome, criticizes the humanitarian-military plan of the government to deal with the emergency
Agrigento, October 21, 2013
E 'finished in Agrigento, the picturesque harbor of San Leone Agrigento, the ceremony commemorating the victims of the sinking of Lampedusa on 3 and 11 October.
The Ministers of the Interior, Agelino Alfano, Defence, Mario Mauro, and integration, Cecile Kyenge, in addition to the families of the victims and the representatives of the Eritrean community and Coptic.
There are the coffins of the victims, many of whom were buried.
Statements of Ministers
"Italy is moved by what happened because he feels the pain and deep hurt for so many people who hoped to Italy and Europe risking their lives so that changed" the minister said Mauro.
"We have secured a decent burial to the dead and assistance to survivors. Now hunting without quarter against smugglers" the words of the Minister Alfano.
The Deputy Prime Minister Alfano had to stop the interviews for the contestation of some Eritreans and activists: "Assassins ... murderers, enough with the Bossi-Fini", they shouted as he spoke with reporters at the end of the ceremony. Security has made a cordon around the minister taking him away.
"This is a very important moment where we must come together to recognize that for the first time were celebrated state funeral, was made an official ceremony, in short, the State recognizes people who do not have Italian nationality," said the minister instead Kyenge .
The mayor of Lampedusa
Absent the mayor of Lampedusa, Giusy Nicolini, at this time in Rome to institutional commitments. "In Agrigento there were no deaths and is a place that has nothing to do with the history of those who died. Islanders have taken it badly because they wanted to participate, as well as the survivors," said Nicolini at a press conference in the Senate.
Commenting on the military-humanitarian put in place by the government to face the emergency landings, Nicolini said: "To the question can not be answered with humanitarian military means. After these ships have intercepted the barges what will be the fate of these people? It 's time to change the rules and clearly establish the principle of refoulement. "
Speakers also the Chairman of the Board Enrico Letta
Even the President of the Council, on a visit to his counterpart in Greece, speaks on immigration in the day of commemoration of the victims of the sinking of Lampedusa.
"We must work to give adequate response to the dramatic questions that tragedy has brought us, and for the management of migration flows, which for the sicurerezza the Mediterranean," said Letta. "At the next European Council will stop and net on immigration and will not accept a board surface," added the Prime Minister. (Software translation)
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