Operators and volunteers are currently busy disembarking the 52 Sea Eye migrants. Arriving slightly later than expected, the ship brought onboard Usmaf doctors who carried out the first medical operations on board. The disembarkation takes place in Marina di Ravenna, at the Fabbrica Vecchia quay. It is the eleventh landing of refugees in Ravenna, the first took place on 31 December 2022. A welcome sign in English also appears in the middle of the reception machine.
De Pascale: “The reception system doesn’t work”
So does the mayor Michele De Pascale: «Today in Ravenna, again by decision of the Meloni Government, there was the eleventh landing of migrants rescued at sea in the history of our city. Thanks to the humanity, organization and professionalism of the socio-health personnel, cultural mediation, law enforcement and police forces and the technical nautical services and to all the volunteers. The Ravenna ring is one of the few that works in Italy, with the Government choosing to extend the journey of ships from SAR zones to northern ports, preventing them from saving further lives in the Mediterranean. But above all, the reception system in our country doesn’t work. These people, after receiving health care and passing police checks, will enter a limbo, waiting to find out whether they will be able to obtain a residence permit for humanitarian reasons. If they don’t get it, they will essentially go underground. There is a lack of structured courses for teaching the Italian language and for entering the world of work. The Government is only making propaganda, refusing to seriously and humanely address the issue of migratory flows. We will continue to fight to ensure that migratory flows are managed with humanity and organization.”
