Date: Tuesday, 21 February 2017
1,500 migrants arriving with humanitarian corridors in Italy Two protocols signed with Community of Sant'Egidio,CEI -Minister 21 February,2017 (ANSAmed) - ROME, FEBRUARY 21 - Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Tuesday said ''the theme of humanitarian corridors is important''. ''We have developed two protocols of agreement: one with the Community of Sant'Egidio for 1,000 people from Lebanon and Morocco (522 have already arrived in Italy) and another with (Italian Bishops' Conference) CEI for 500 refugees from Eritrea'', Minniti said during an audition of the human rights commission. ''The idea is that, if we are able to push the breaks on illegal flows, humanitarian corridors that respect fundamental principles of humanity could be strengthened'', explained Minniti. (ANSAmed).
