„Entwicklungshilfe für Libyens Küstenwache: Anschluss an europäische Überwachung“

24. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Entwicklungshilfe für Libyens Küstenwache: Anschluss an europäische Überwachung“ · Kategorien: Europa, Italien, Libyen · Tags: , ,

[DT] [EN] | 22.04.2017

Die EU-Mittelmeeranrainer errichten ein Netzwerk zur Kommunikation von Militärs und Grenzpolizeien. Auch Libyen, Ägypten, Algerien und Tunesien sollen dort mitmachen. Durch die Hintertür nähmen sie dann am Überwachungssystem EUROSUR teil. Geflüchtete könnten dann auf offener See aufgegriffen und nach Libyen zurückgebracht werden.

Noch in diesem Jahr soll das satellitengestützte Netzwerk „Seahorse Mediterranean“ („Seepferdchen Mittelmeer“) in Betrieb genommen werden. Dies teilte die Europäische Kommission auf eine parlamentarische Nachfrage mit. Dann erhielte die libysche Küstenwache, die zur Marine gehört, Informationen aus europäischen Überwachungssystemen. Das Ziel ist die libysche Beteiligung an Rettungseinsätzen außerhalb der Hoheitsgewässer.

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Gabriele Del Grande libero, la Farnesina: “Sta tornando in Italia”

24. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Gabriele Del Grande libero, la Farnesina: “Sta tornando in Italia” · Kategorien: Italien, Türkei · Tags: ,

Il Fatto Quotidiano | 24.04.2017

Lo annuncia su Twitter il ministro degli Esteri, Angelino Alfano. Il reporter, è atteso alle 10 all’aeroporto di Bologna, era stato fermato il 9 aprile in Turchia durante un controllo nella provincia di Hatay, al confine con la Siria

“Gabriele Del Grande è libero”. Lo annuncia su Twitter il ministro degli Esteri, Angelino Alfano. “Gli ho parlato adesso sta tornando in Italia – scrive il capo della Farnesina – ho avuto la gioia di avvisare i suoi familiari. Lo aspettiamo”. “Questa notte il collega ministro degli Esteri, Mevlut Cavusoglu mi ha comunicato la decisione. Lo ringrazio. #iostocongabriele“, ha aggiunto Alfano sempre su Twitter.

Emozionato, Massimo Del Grande, padre del giornalista, ha annunciato che il figlio “dovrebbe arrivare verso le 10 di questa mattina a Bologna“. “Stiamo andando a prenderlo, è un gran giorno”, ha detto a Rainews 24. “Mi ha chiamato il ministro Alfano. Ci hanno detto che sta bene”, ha detto ancora aggiungendo che la prima cosa che farà sarà di “abbracciarlo forte”.

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„Ong ‘taxi del Mediterraneo’? Di Maio fa insinuazioni senza dare soluzioni“

23. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Ong ‘taxi del Mediterraneo’? Di Maio fa insinuazioni senza dare soluzioni“ · Kategorien: Italien, Mittelmeer · Tags: ,

Il Fatto Quotidiano | 23.04.2017

Carlo Stasolla

E’ un evento prevedibile perché ciclico. Con l’inizio della bella stagione oltre al crescere delle foglie e allo sbocciare dei fiori, si rivede l’aumento degli sbarchi sulle coste italiane e, di conseguenza, l’incremento delle operazioni di soccorso in mare; segue l’arrivo di “transitanti” nelle città italiane e la crescita della spesa per la gestione dei flussi migratori: è qualcosa diventato “naturale” nel nostro Paese, perché legato agli irreversibili cicli della natura. L’ultimo anello della catena, consequenziale all’arrivo della stagione estiva, sono gli strali lanciati sui social da rappresentanti della politica italiana che, invece analizzare il problema e proporre soluzioni, preferiscono, spesso in mala fede, puntare il dito. «Chi paga questi taxi del Mediterraneo? E perché lo fa? – ha tuonato in un post sui social il vice presidente della Camera Luigi Di Maio – Presenteremo un’interrogazione in Parlamento, andremo fino in fondo a questa storia».

E’ tutto prevedibile, perché tutto è ciclico. Come il profumo della Primavera.

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„In Italy, politicians court votes by stoking racism against Romanians“

23. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „In Italy, politicians court votes by stoking racism against Romanians“ · Kategorien: Italien, Rumänien · Tags:

Washington Post | 23.04.2017

By Anna Momigliano

MILAN — When people think of racism and xenophobia in Italy, what comes to mind is usually prejudice toward Arabs, Africans and other easily identifiable minorities. But Romanians have become one of the major targets of xenophobic abuse here — despite the fact that the two countries are both European Union members that have similar languages and cultures.

A high-profile example of that prejudice occurred earlier in April, when a prominent Italian politician falsely accused Romania of exporting almost half of its criminals to Italy, then blamed the European Union for making it possible.

“Italy has imported 40 percent of [their] criminals from Romania. While Romania is importing from Italy our firms and our capital. What an amazing deal the EU is!,” wrote Luigi Di Maio, the vice president of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Italy’s parliament, and one of the leading representatives of the populist Five Star Movement, in a controversial Facebook post.

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„Refugee death toll passes 1,000 in record 2017 as charities attacked for conducting Mediterranean rescues“

23. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Refugee death toll passes 1,000 in record 2017 as charities attacked for conducting Mediterranean rescues“ · Kategorien: Afrika, Europa, Italien, Libyen, Mittelmeer · Tags: , ,

The Independent | 23.04.2017

‘NGOs are being blamed for our presence, when authorities should be blamed for their absence’

Lizzie Dearden

More than 1,000 refugees have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year, as charities battling to stem the record number of deaths increasingly come under attack. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has recorded at least 1,073 people dead or missing on the treacherous passage between Libya and Italy – a grim benchmark that was not reached until the end of May last year. At least 150 are children, Unicef said, while warning that the real figure is likely to be far higher because unaccompanied minors’ deaths frequently go unreported.

Such is the danger of death that asylum seekers embarking on flimsy dinghies have been known to write phone numbers in marker pen on life jackets, so loved ones can be notified if their body is recovered.

More than 8,300 migrants were rescued over the Easter weekend alone, with some of those taken to safety telling aid workers around 100 of their fellow passengers had died during the voyage.

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„Migrationspolitik: Außer Kontrolle“

23. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Migrationspolitik: Außer Kontrolle“ · Kategorien: Afrika, Europa, Italien, Libyen, Mittelmeer · Tags: , , ,

Zeit Online | 19.04.2017

Die EU zieht ihre Rettungsschiffe im Mittelmeer zurück – und sorgt für ein tödliches Chaos vor Libyen.

Von Caterina Lobenstein

Es war am Ostersonntag, als der Kapitän des deutschen Rettungsschiffes Iuventa zum Funkgerät griff und einen Notruf absetzte: Mayday. Die Iuventa, die an jenem Tag vor der libyschen Küste trieb und überladen war mit Flüchtlingen, gehört zur Organisation Jugend Rettet, sie ist ein kleines Schiff, gerade groß genug, um ein paar Verletzte an Bord zu nehmen. Normalerweise versorgt sie Flüchtlinge auf dem Meer mit Rettungswesten, Wasser und Erster Hilfe, bis größere Schiffe sie unterstützen und die Menschen aufnehmen. An diesem Sonntag aber gab es niemanden, der helfen konnte.

Dass die Iuventa am Ostersonntag lange keine Hilfe bekam, hat zum einen mit dem Ende der italienischen Rettungsmission Mare Nostrum zu tun: Seit es die nicht mehr gibt, patrouillieren weniger staatliche Rettungsschiffe nahe den libyschen Gewässern, dort also, wo die meisten Notrufe abgesetzt werden und die meisten Menschen ertrinken. Zum anderen ist die Zahl der Flüchtlinge, die von Nordafrika aus nach Europa kommen, gestiegen. Fast 40.000 waren es laut dem UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerk von Januar bis Mitte April 2017, deutlich mehr als im selben Zeitraum des Vorjahres, und die Schönwettersaison hat noch nicht mal begonnen.

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Freedom for Gabriele del Grande!

23. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Freedom for Gabriele del Grande! · Kategorien: Italien, Türkei · Tags: , ,

w2eu | 23.04.2017

Our dear friend Gabriele del Grande, human rights activist, journalist and documentary filmmaker, was arrested on April 10, in Hatay / Turkey. He was doing a research for his new book-project about Syrian refugees. Since four days now, he is on a hunger strike, struggling for his freedom.

Gabriele has been active since years, monitoring deaths of refugees in the Mediterranean, on his blog ‘Fortress Europe’ and later focussing on the complexities of the war in Syria and its effects on the Syrian civil society and the refugees in Europe. All of us loved his documentary “On the bride’s side” in which he combined documentary filming with activism in his own way, struggling for another world.

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„Italy to hand over Libya’s ten boats by mid-June“

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The Libya Observer | 22.04.2017

Italian Interior Minister, Marco Minniti, said they will hand over the 10 boats they are seizing to Libya by mid-June as part of the efforts to fight illegal immigration and human trafficking.

He added, while attending a commencement ceremony for Libyan coastguards, that Libyan Coast Guard will be the most prepared and strongest against human trafficking in north Africa.

„Refugees stranded for 30 hours before rescue in Mediterranean“

21. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Refugees stranded for 30 hours before rescue in Mediterranean“ · Kategorien: Alarm Phone, Italien, Libyen, Mittelmeer · Tags: , ,

The Guardian | 21.04.2017

Maritime log passed to the Guardian reveals rising panic of 100 people during agonising wait on dinghy

Diane Taylor

A hundred refugees and migrants crammed into a small dinghy that started taking in water in the Mediterranean endured an agonising 30-hour wait before they were rescued, a maritime log passed to the Guardian has revealed.

The incident happened over the Easter weekend, the unofficial start of the “sailing season”, which sees increased numbers of people attempting the crossing from Africa to Europe as the weather improves.

Twenty children and 10 women, one of them pregnant, were among the passengers on the overcrowded dinghy.

The log was passed to the Guardian by NGO Watch The Med’s Alarmphone network, which passes distress calls from migrant boats to the Italian coastguard so that a rescue can be coordinated. It details the passengers’ rising panic as more and more time passes without a rescue ship arriving.

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„Migranti, l’Austria minaccia di chiudere la frontiera con l’Italia“

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Il Manifesto | 21.04.2017

Ma il capo della polizia Gabrielli minimizza: «E‘ il solito refrain»

Carlo Lania

Per ora il capo della polizia Franco Gabrielli preferisce gettare acqua sul fuoco. E così di fronte all’ennesima minaccia austriaca di chiudere la frontiera con l’Italia se non diminuiranno gli arrivi di migranti nel nostro paese, sceglie di minimizzare: «Con tutto il rispetto per l’Austria, che come paese sovrano fa quello che ritiene opportuno, è un refrain che sento spesso», dice. Per poi aggiungere: «Viviamo in un tempo in cui le autorità parlano di più alle opinioni pubbliche che agli addetti ai lavori». Tradotto: si tratta solo di annunci elettorali.

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