The Covid-19 Home Care Committee sent a request to the Foreign Ministry this morning, inviting the Italian authorities to “immediately” take charge of the situation of about 500 young people, including many minors, who were stranded abroad (Malta, Greece, Spain, Dubai, Great Britain, Cyprus, Portugal), after having tested positive for Covid-19 or having made contact with positive ones, and “without any kind of assistance either from our country or from the institutions of the host country” . For the president and spokesperson of the Committee, respectively Erich Grimaldi and Valentina Rigano, the return of minors is a priority, “whose families have been anxious for several days now and who are living the situation very badly, especially those, beyond a twenty stranded in Malta and for which the Embassy explained to a parent that they did not have the necessary resources for support “. “Italy has not provided for shared protocols with host countries in the event of contagion, which has resulted in young people left on their own – explains Grimaldi -. We invited the ministry to urgently organize return flights, at least for the minors, to then place them in any Covid Hotels without endangering the health of the rest of their families. Furthermore, the parents of some minors showed up yesterday at the Farnesina but were not welcomed or listened to, the Government assumes its responsibilities and bring them home “.” Our work does not stop, we continue to support young people and their families – adds the spokesperson of the Committee Valentina Rigano -, activating the network of doctors who, with volunteers found on site, are concerned with deliver medicines and basic necessities to those who need them. The testimonies that are reaching us in these hours are hallucinating, our network made up of doctors and health professionals, volunteer lawyers and journalists is supporting children from a distance “.