The landings are not enough, other migrants have been relocated to Italy. And in 5 years, refugees are only 8%
On 17 May 40 refugees landed in Fiumicino, and from there they reached the regions to which they had been assigned. Others have preceded them since in 2017 the Community of Sant'Egidio signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Italian government for the opening of so-called humanitarian corridors: an improper expression to indicate the project to bring hundreds of refugees to Italy with the aim , as the founder of the Community Andrea Riccardi explained at the time, "to offer those fleeing from wars not only due hospitality, but also an integration program", in response "to the desire of many Italians to save lives from the travels of despair".
Since then, a Community statement now explains, more than 3,500 people have been able to “arrive safely, safe from human traffickers” in Italy, France, Belgium and Andorra. “Migrants who risk their lives to get to Lampedusa and Sardinia – began an article on May 17 in the newspaper Avvenire – or return to Tripoli intercepted by the Libyan military. And migrants who, thanks to a humanitarian corridor, land safely in Fiumicino for a path of insertion in the territories. In the same hours, the phenomenon of forced migration shows its two faces: the journeys of despair that endanger human lives and feed organized crime, and the possible solution of controlled transfers ”.
Except that the 40 refugees were not rescued in the Sahara desert, lost and exhausted, or in a center along the routes of illegal emigration, blocked for lack of money. They come from Lesbos, the Greek island where illegal immigrants from Asian and African countries are hosted, waiting for their asylum applications to be examined. Getting to Lesbos is just like getting to Lampedusa and Sardinia (or, in the case of Spain, the Balearic Islands): it is the end of the journey, the one paid thousands of dollars to the criminal organizations to which illegal emigrants have relied, it means being safe, in good hands, having left fatigue, risks and dangers behind.
Italy is one of the three states, together with Greece and Spain, where almost all illegal immigrants headed to Europe arrive. For years, however, we have been demanding, with very modest results, that some of our asylum seekers and holders of international protection be reallocated to other states of the European Union, to ease social tension and reduce the very serious economic burdens. Instead, we are forced to host others.
Italy has been overwhelmed by asylum requests from illegal immigrants since 2015. From 2015 to 2020, 462,031 were submitted and 476,986 were examined (including those submitted before 2015 and not yet judged). Only 37,579 emigrants were granted legal refugee status. But 46,200 have obtained subsidiary protection, 1,373 special protection and 74,927 a residence permit for humanitarian reasons. In total 160,079 people were authorized to live in Italy. After having been guests for months and often for years in the Extraordinary Reception Centers (Cas), the reception and integration system financed by the National Fund for asylum policies and services were included in the Sai, formerly Siproimi, formerly Sprar .
According to the report sent at the end of December 2020 by the Ministry of the Interior to the Parliament, the initial reception network includes nine government centers and 5,465 Cases, which provide for illegal emigrants during the period in which their asylum application is examined. Overall they welcome 63,960 people. Those who get to stay in Italy are transferred from the CAS to a Sai program. In August 2020, the Ministry of the Interior reconfirmed 375 ordinary reception projects, 97 for unaccompanied foreign minors (UASC) and 27 for people with mental or medical discomfort, for a total of 499 projects. In October it extended another 227. There are 28,872 places in them for an annual cost of € 475,556,781. In addition, on 22 December the Ministry of the Interior presented a notice of new projects for unaccompanied foreign minors: “Strengthening the capacity for welcoming, including and accompanying the autonomy of UASCs in the Siproimi network”. The financial endowment is 21,385,737.485 euros, the maximum per day / per capita expenditure is set at 68.40 euros, the maximum duration of the projects admitted is 12 months starting from 1 July 2021, without prejudice to the possibility of further financing possibly arranged by the Central Directorate of Civil Services for Immigration and Asylum.
We need to make room, the landings continue. "While the refugees transferred from Lesbos landed safely in Rome, another 158 people landed in Lampedusa … in the Italian SAR area two groups of migrants who left Libya were rescued, first 61, then over 81 … a boat carrying four Algerians is instead it was intercepted by the Guardia di Finanza in Sardinia ”, Avvenire listed on 17 May. On 21 May it was the turn of the ship of the German NGO Sea Eye , rejected by Malta, with 414 people on board. The Ministry of the Interior reports 13,359 arrivals from the beginning of the year to the dawn of May 21: about three times those of 2020 and 10 times those of 2019 in the same time period.
The 40 refugees of Lesvos, explains Sant'Egidio, "will be invited to follow the Italian courses for free and minors will be immediately enrolled in our schools, some integration paths can be started for all that will aim at autonomy thanks also to the progressive inclusion in the world of work ".
Integration, autonomy, insertion into the world of work: for them, in addition to the 63,960 asylum seekers of the Cas and the 28,872 holders of international protection, special permit and residence permit for humanitarian reasons of the Sai projects … and to all those who have left it over the years and still living in Italy. "All with painful stories behind them – concluded the Sant'Egidio statement – fleeing countries where wars, violence or unsustainable situations are underway, the families of the forty new arrivals – including 13 minors – will finally be able to look to the future with hope ". One wonders in which Italy the Ministry of the Interior and the Community of Sant'Egidio live, in which parallel universe. In 2020 in real Italy, already tested by the 2018 recession, with an unemployment rate of almost 10 percent (and close to 30 percent for the youth group), due to the Covid crisis over 320,000 VAT numbers have closed, almost 450,000 people lost their jobs, a million people fell below the poverty line; and the worst, everyone says, is yet to come. Someone should not be deluded into finding the promised land in Italy. It is understood that the criminal organizations of emigrant smugglers do this: they do it to procure customers.
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