Has Italy refused to accept refugees again?

Italy once again rejected two refugee ships and called for the construction of refugee centers in Africa.

Italian officials accused: let those rescue boats flying the Dutch flag go home.

Hours after Salvigny tweeted, Reuters said that Italian Transport Minister Danilo Togninelli also tweeted that "Holland should let them go home". He said that the rescue mission violated the code of conduct, because the rescue boat did not have enough space or manpower, which might endanger the lives of refugees.

In this regard, Lifeline Rescue Team said on Twitter that they "fully respect" the code of conduct.

The Guardian quoted Axel Stail, co-founder of Lifeline, as saying that his crew rescued hundreds of refugees and illegal immigrants off the Libyan coast of 16 and transferred them to a Turkish merchant ship. "Because my ship is too small to travel from Libya to Italy, I often transfer immigrants to other ships."

The Lifeline Rescue Team also told Reuters that the ship did sail under the Dutch flag. However, because it is a smaller ship, it is not officially registered in the Netherlands.

The Dutch delegation in Brussels confirmed this, saying that the rescue ship was not registered in the Netherlands. "But it does show once again that this is an EU problem and needs a solution from the EU," the Dutch delegation said.

Marinetraffic.com's website also lists Lifeline and Foxtail as Dutch ships, both of which are currently sailing in Libyan waters.

"I believe that Italy has an obligation to take back the refugees, because the nearest safe port is lampedusa. According to the Geneva Convention, we transfer immigrants to the EU, "Steele stressed.

Italy and France called on refugees to stay in Africa, but people kept pouring in.

According to French media The Local, French President Macron met with Italian Prime Minister Conte in Paris on Friday. The two sides unanimously requested the EU to establish a refugee processing center in Africa, so as to solve the refugee problem across the Mediterranean and prevent refugees from crossing the Mediterranean into the European continent.

At the meeting, Macron and Conte also called for the revision of the EU refugee asylum rules, which brought a serious burden to refugees entering Europe. At present, the rules focus the pressure of accepting refugees on the ports of Italy and Greece entering the European continent. Conte said: "When you step into Italy, you step into Europe." EU countries should share the responsibility for the refugee problem.

While European countries are arguing endlessly about the refugee problem, African refugees are constantly flocking to Europe. On June 5438+05 local time, Spanish rescuers rescued more than 400 refugees and illegal immigrants trying to enter Europe from Africa near the Strait of Gibraltar.

European countries are "passing the ball"

According to the Guardian, in the past three years, ships chartered by various EU NGOs rescued migrants in Libyan waters and sent them to Sicily.

However, last week, Salvigni ordered the "Aquirius" to stop docking, and Malta quickly followed suit, forcing the ship to stay at sea until the Spanish side agreed to dock. At present, the ship has arrived in Valencia, Spain.

"It won't stop the refugees from leaving," said Reuben NeuGebauer of the German rescue ship Oceanwatch. "They will come anyway, but more people will die."

Charity said that NGO rescue boats are an important lifeline and have saved more than 88,000 lives in the past two years. But critics believe that this is a move to encourage refugees to venture across the sea.

It is reported that in the past four years, more than 600,000 immigrants transited from Libya to Italy, and at least 654.38+03,000 people drowned while trying to come to Europe.

Lzza Leghtas, an advocate of international refugees in Europe, said that Malta and Italy did not open their ports, and most other European governments did not help them. "They are all passing the ball."

Source: Sina News