Italy grants permission to dock with an NGO ship that rescues 33 irregular migrants in the Mediterranean

In the news of Italian Raines24, it was stated that the ship named Louise Michel, which has been waiting for a safe harbor to be allocated for a while with the irregular migrants it rescued in the Mediterranean, arrived at Lampedusa Island with the permission given at night.

The report also stated that 33 of the rescued irregular migrants were Egyptians.

While Louise Michel is evacuating irregular migrants on her deck, on the other hand, the Geo Barents ship of the French NGO Doctors Without Borders and the Humanity-1 ship of the German NGO SOS Humanity wait for the safe harbor in the open sea with more than 500 irregular migrants rescued in the Mediterranean. progress.

On the other hand, it was stated that there are currently 1068 immigrants with the immigrants coming to the immigrant reception center with a capacity of 350 people on Lampedusa Island and difficult conditions are in question.

In the news, it was stated that ferry services to evacuate immigrants could not be made to Lampedusa due to the poor sea and weather conditions.

The right-wing coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni, who won the general elections in Italy in September and took office in October, started to implement the “closed port” policy to prevent NGO ships from docking in Italy. Due to this policy, bilateral relations between Italy and France were strained.

Irregular migration problem in the Mediterranean

The region of the Mediterranean between Italy, Malta and Libya has come to the fore in recent years as one of the irregular migration routes frequently used in the transition from Africa to Europe.

On days when sea and weather conditions are good, migration activity intensifies on this route.

European non-governmental organizations usually rescue irregular migrants who call for help at sea, rather than European government officials. These NGOs have difficulties in evacuating the irregular migrants they rescue from time to time due to the EU member states’ failure to provide a “safe haven”.

The first place where immigrants who can cross the Mediterranean or are rescued by their own means set foot in Europe is Lampedusa Island, which is the closest land part of Italy to North Africa.

A large number of irregular migrants die each year while trying to cross the Mediterranean, due to the boat capsizing or the lack of air and water due to overcrowding on the boats.