It dropped anchor at Molo Manfredi di Salerno at 7.25pm the Geo Barents ship of the NGO Doctors Without Borders for the 34th landing of migrants in the city. 84 people on board (including 20 minors, 19 are unaccompanied and there is also a very small child) rescued in a double operation carried out on Friday afternoon off the coast of Malta. The migrants, according to what was reported on board, had left aboard a fiberglass boat and a dinghy from the Libyan coast. The usual welcome machine coordinated by the Prefecture and the Municipality of Salerno was set up at the Salerno airport. The police were also on site to investigate the case.
«There is a very small child accompanied. Then, there is a girl under 17 who will remain under the management of the Municipality of Salerno. She’s there too ours anti-trafficking service, together with Arci. We will also make sure to understand if, especially for women, there has been violence or abuse». This was stated by the councilor for social policies of the Municipality of Salerno, Paola de Roberto. «This time too we are operational. The numbers are reasonable, so we shouldn’t have much difficulty. As a municipality and as a social policy, in particular, we will mainly welcome minors“, explains the representative of the Council, adding that “we are waiting to understand the ages of these kids. We know that they declared themselves to be over 14 years of age, but there would seem to be some doubt about this».
As for the accommodation of minors, de Roberto clarifies that «i minors under 14 years of age will remain in the management of the Municipality of Salerno throughout the entire territory of the province. For those over 14, however, there will be a collaboration with the Cas of the Prefecture. As always, there is the network that also works with the third sector and the voluntary sector, so as an organizational machine we work and with these numbers there certainly shouldn’t be any problems».
