Migrants, dead children: Alfonsi (Open Arms), “no tragedies but rescue failures”

“These are not tragedies, they are omissions of rescue. Every day in the Mediterranean hundreds of people are deliberately left without help at the mercy of the sea. And every day women, children and men die before the eyes of the European authorities who should intervene. it seems calculated incidents, the important thing is that they do not reach Europe and that the Libyan militias continue to do their job with our money “. To tell Adnkronos is Veronica Alfonsi, spokesperson for Open Arms Italy after the death of two children of one and two years, who lost their lives while on a boat, together with 36 other people were trying to reach the coasts of Italy . Five other people are injured: a 25-year-old woman was intubated, her conditions are very serious and in helicopter rescue she was transferred to Palermo, along with another child and a man with burns to the legs. The Agrigento Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened a file on the matter. On 26 October Open Arms together with 39 other organizations will be in the streets in Rome to reiterate their no to the renewal of the Italy-Libya Memorandum. “On November 2, the Italy-Libya agreements will be renewed – adds Alfonsi -, we together with all the Italian organizations of the third sector will be in Piazza Esquilino on October 26 to say, once again, that those agreements are illegitimate and violate the principles on on which our Constitution is based. It would be nice to see many citizens next to us who believe in a different Europe and in a democratic Italy whose priority is the defense of human rights and life “. (by Rossana Lo Castro)