Open letter to the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and to the Vice-Presidents Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/link2007.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2693-847x450-1.jpg\" "\\"IMG_2693-847×450\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>20\/06\/2018<\/p>\n
\u201cKnowing the main countries of emigration, attention was paid to immigrant communities and new arrivals from the Mediterranean and we investigated the issues relating to the need for correct management of migratory flows, producing documents and making proposals to the institutions\u201d. <\/span>
\nThe open letter from the development and humanitarian NGOs of the LINK 2007 network to President Giuseppe Conte and Vice-Presidents Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini on migration issues highlights the limited nature of the government\u2019s approach and frankly summarizes the point of view of the NGOs. Starting with the \u201chard stance of the Minister of the Interior on NGOs and their humanitarian work\u201d, considered \u201cgeneric, superficial, gratuitously defamatory\u201d.
\n\u201cSome Ministers like frankness. Us too,\u201d the letter continues. \u201cIn the correctness of the institutional relationship, we think it helps to understand each other better and to hopefully discern the best options. If preventing the Aquarius from docking seemed like a \u2018victory\u2019 to the Government, it was not for us. The rescue of the 629 people on board, including 7 pregnant women, 15 burned people, 123 unaccompanied minors and 11 children, was not a \u2018sea taxi\u2019 or \u2018cruise\u2019 initiative, it was not a \u201cbusiness \u201d but, as you well know, of a SAR, Search and Rescue service, as a duty of humanity and solidarity,
\nThe LINK 2007 letter goes on to recall the reasons that led NGOs to carry out rescue operations in the Mediterranean after the end of the Mare Nostrum operation in 2014, to then comment on the modalities adopted by the Government in relations with Europe. \u201cThe Italian government has \u2018raised its voice\u2019 towards the EU and the European states which \u2018have left Italy alone\u2019. The EU could undoubtedly have done more, but the European constitutional treaty does not give the Union significant powers on immigration, which instead remain a matter for the individual member states. <\/span>\u2018Raising one\u2019s voice\u2019 also means expecting other states to do so: and it is by no means certain that whoever raises it the loudest will win. We believe that only all together, in a stronger and more united Europe, we can get out of the current stagnation and face and govern complex phenomena such as migrations, which are worldwide and which will last and expand\u201d. \u201cWe are convinced that, if raising one\u2019s voice can serve as a one-off to attract attention, what makes Italy strong is being able to present itself with its head held high, with all the papers in order, in full compliance with humanitarian obligations and with political alliances in favor of collaboration, sharing and the interventions we hope for\u201d.
\nThe letter explains some of the proposals contained in the documents produced by Link 2007 ranging from the international dimension to relations with the EU, agreements with countries of origin and transit, cooperation relations, management of entries, integration, the closure of detention centers in Libya, the creation of transit and protection centers avoiding \u201ccolonial-style decisions\u201d, etc. <\/span>\u201cDoes the Government intend to combat illegal and irregular entries? Immediately issue a decree to admit, program and regulate legal, regular, controlled and therefore managed entries, which have been prevented for years by current laws. Thus removing from the hands of crime those who have valid reasons to come to our country, for our own benefit\u201d\u2026 \u201cWe have long been convinced that the path taken by Italy and the European Union of agreements with the main countries of origin and transit of immigrants \u2013 including Libya, as far as possible \u2013 remains the main road. Agreements, listening in advance to the Authorities of those countries. Not impositions of a neo-colonial nature which would produce disastrous effects\u201d \u2026 \u201cHelping them to be free at home must go from being a slogan to an instrument of change, with a turning point in international partnerships and in particular with Africa: which in thirty years will double its population reaching 2.4 billion people; and will find itself with a large young majority, largely educated, ready for work, facing the aging and shrinking European continent\u201d.
\nThe severity of the contents expressed in the letter is finally combined with the willingness to confront institutions. \u201cThe NGOs of the LINK 2007 network, independently, have always dialogued with the institutions to contribute to the best responses to today\u2019s challenges\u201d. At the end of the letter, the NGOs report to President Conte and to Vice-Presidents Di Maio and Salvini some of the documents produced in recent years.<\/p>\nThe text of the open letter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Share this post<\/h3>
<\/span><\/div>20\/06\/2018<\/p>\n
\u201cKnowing the main countries of emigration, attention was paid to immigrant communities and new arrivals from the Mediterranean and we investigated the issues relating to the need for correct management of migratory flows, producing documents and making proposals to the institutions\u201d. <\/span> The text of the open letter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nThe open letter from the development and humanitarian NGOs of the LINK 2007 network to President Giuseppe Conte and Vice-Presidents Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini on migration issues highlights the limited nature of the government\u2019s approach and frankly summarizes the point of view of the NGOs. Starting with the \u201chard stance of the Minister of the Interior on NGOs and their humanitarian work\u201d, considered \u201cgeneric, superficial, gratuitously defamatory\u201d.
\n\u201cSome Ministers like frankness. Us too,\u201d the letter continues. \u201cIn the correctness of the institutional relationship, we think it helps to understand each other better and to hopefully discern the best options. If preventing the Aquarius from docking seemed like a \u2018victory\u2019 to the Government, it was not for us. The rescue of the 629 people on board, including 7 pregnant women, 15 burned people, 123 unaccompanied minors and 11 children, was not a \u2018sea taxi\u2019 or \u2018cruise\u2019 initiative, it was not a \u201cbusiness \u201d but, as you well know, of a SAR, Search and Rescue service, as a duty of humanity and solidarity,
\nThe LINK 2007 letter goes on to recall the reasons that led NGOs to carry out rescue operations in the Mediterranean after the end of the Mare Nostrum operation in 2014, to then comment on the modalities adopted by the Government in relations with Europe. \u201cThe Italian government has \u2018raised its voice\u2019 towards the EU and the European states which \u2018have left Italy alone\u2019. The EU could undoubtedly have done more, but the European constitutional treaty does not give the Union significant powers on immigration, which instead remain a matter for the individual member states. <\/span>\u2018Raising one\u2019s voice\u2019 also means expecting other states to do so: and it is by no means certain that whoever raises it the loudest will win. We believe that only all together, in a stronger and more united Europe, we can get out of the current stagnation and face and govern complex phenomena such as migrations, which are worldwide and which will last and expand\u201d. \u201cWe are convinced that, if raising one\u2019s voice can serve as a one-off to attract attention, what makes Italy strong is being able to present itself with its head held high, with all the papers in order, in full compliance with humanitarian obligations and with political alliances in favor of collaboration, sharing and the interventions we hope for\u201d.
\nThe letter explains some of the proposals contained in the documents produced by Link 2007 ranging from the international dimension to relations with the EU, agreements with countries of origin and transit, cooperation relations, management of entries, integration, the closure of detention centers in Libya, the creation of transit and protection centers avoiding \u201ccolonial-style decisions\u201d, etc. <\/span>\u201cDoes the Government intend to combat illegal and irregular entries? Immediately issue a decree to admit, program and regulate legal, regular, controlled and therefore managed entries, which have been prevented for years by current laws. Thus removing from the hands of crime those who have valid reasons to come to our country, for our own benefit\u201d\u2026 \u201cWe have long been convinced that the path taken by Italy and the European Union of agreements with the main countries of origin and transit of immigrants \u2013 including Libya, as far as possible \u2013 remains the main road. Agreements, listening in advance to the Authorities of those countries. Not impositions of a neo-colonial nature which would produce disastrous effects\u201d \u2026 \u201cHelping them to be free at home must go from being a slogan to an instrument of change, with a turning point in international partnerships and in particular with Africa: which in thirty years will double its population reaching 2.4 billion people; and will find itself with a large young majority, largely educated, ready for work, facing the aging and shrinking European continent\u201d.
\nThe severity of the contents expressed in the letter is finally combined with the willingness to confront institutions. \u201cThe NGOs of the LINK 2007 network, independently, have always dialogued with the institutions to contribute to the best responses to today\u2019s challenges\u201d. At the end of the letter, the NGOs report to President Conte and to Vice-Presidents Di Maio and Salvini some of the documents produced in recent years.<\/p>\nShare this post<\/h3>