Migrants, Miccio (Emergency): “From Belarus to the Mediterranean, Europe not reached”

“Europe? Not received”. From the Belarus-Poland border to the Balkans, from the Channel to the central Mediterranean, on the immigration front “Europe’s attitude in recent months has been disappointing”, Rossella Miccio, president of Emergency, told Adnkronos. “Beyond many beautiful words, in fact nothing is being done, looking at what is happening on the Belarusian borders, people in difficulty are allowed to be used as weapons and since ours is not a continent that welcomes, we give the opportunity to those who do not want to welcome good weather and bad weather. A situation that has nothing to do with the founding principles of the European Union: solidarity, mutual respect, welcome “. “We only became aware of Afghanistan this summer – continues Miccio – despite the fact that refugees have been knocking on our doors for decades. Migrants who die of cold along the Balkan route, others who die by drowning in the sea. We are silent on the positions of countries that they want to build walls instead of building bridges for hospitality: so far Europe has been very lacking “in the management of the migratory phenomenon.” There is much to be done on Libya and the Mediterranean. of Libyan detention I think by now even the stones know it “, adds Miccio. “We continue to give emergency responses to the flows arriving from Libya when the situation should be managed in another way with a serious awareness on the part of Italy but also of Europe. Instead of financing the Libyan coast guard, we would prefer to be given money to protect the lives of people who try to choose a better future by fleeing war and poverty “. To affect the migratory phenomenon, therefore, a structural approach is needed, resources to be put in place, a policy in the direction of full respect for human rights, “it cannot be addressed only in a secure way, by closing, militarizing or delegating the management of migration policies “, Miccio says, then underlining that” it is shameful that a rich continent like Europe does not find the tools and the political will to tackle the issue while respecting human dignity and people’s rights “. (by Sibilla Bertollini)