Migrants, Musumeci to Salvini: “I decide the political line, the man overboard must be saved”

Palermo – “I am the president of the Region and I give the political line. As far as I am concerned, as long as I am the president of Sicily, no person at sea will be abandoned”. Thus the governor of Sicily Nello Musumeci commenting on La7 the words of the leader of the Lega Matteo Salvini who announced that the Northern League administrators will not welcome migrants who have arrived in Sicily and redistributed by the Ministry. “I notice a lot of hypocrisy, a disarming hypocrisy – he added – because the spotlight stops on the man overboard and you don’t think about what happened before their departure or what could happen when the rescue arrives on land”.

Within the regional executive there is a regional councilor of the League, Alberto Samonà, with responsibility for Cultural Heritage. “The commissioner receives a proxy and is appointed by the president. As long as I am president of the Region, no person at sea can be abandoned”.

“We all know that in a week, a month, there will be hundreds of deaths in the Mediterranean. We will see you in September or October and we will take a census. But if we all know how this tragedy ends, why do we continue to argue in political terms? This is the theme. It is essential at this moment that Prime Minister Draghi bangs his fists on the European table and says Italy is tired ». “In Sicily, from January 1 to today, 13,358 migrants have arrived and only 1,277 have been repatriated. Italy cannot bear this burden alone – he added -, this tragedy cannot be tackled by distributing migrants among the regions. I expect a redistribution throughout Europe “.