The President of Sicily explains his decision by the fact that “it is not possible to guarantee the stay on this island in compliance with health measures to prevent contagion”.
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Lhe president of the Sicily region, Nello Musumeci, defied the Italian government on Sunday by issuing an order to close all migrant reception centers on its territory, which he considers conducive to the spread of the coronavirus.
Sources from the Italian Ministry of the Interior immediately clarified that this regional measure was invalid because it fell within the competence of the State.
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“By midnight tomorrow, all migrants present in the ‘hot spots’ and in all the reception centers in Sicily must be transferred to facilities located outside the island”, we read in the report. stopped about thirty pages.
The text also aims to prohibit any migrant from “entering, transiting and stopping over in the territory of the Sicilian region with boats, large and small, including those of NGOs”.
The President of Sicily explains his decision by the fact that “it is not possible to guarantee the stay on this island in compliance with health measures to prevent contagion”.
In a comment on social networks, Mr. Musumeci (elected president of the region thanks to a right-wing and far-right alliance) said that “Sicily cannot be invaded while Europe looks away and the government does not carry out any evictions ”.
Many small boats of migrants, mainly Tunisians, continue to dock on the island of Lampedusa, in the south of Sicily. There were about 1,200 migrants in Lampedusa on Sunday, after the transfer of about 300 people since Friday to reception facilities in Sicily.
The Sea-Watch 4 ship, belonging to a German NGO, said on Sunday that it currently had 104 migrants on board, including 37 minors, found Saturday and Sunday at sea off the Libyan coast.
Dozens of migrants hosted in Sicilian centers have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent weeks.
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