Italy cracks relationship with France over immigration policy

“Faced with this situation, the French authorities, exceptionally allocate the port of Toulon (to the ‘Ocean Viking’)Darmanin, who said where the boat should arrive on Friday morning, said that the rescued immigrants will receive medical attention and will have the opportunity to convey their requests. asylum. But after that, “people who do not have the right to asylum in our land, return without delay,” he added.

The minister explained that this was “a decision taken after increased contacts with European partners in recent days and last night. To encourage the Italian government to comply with international law and with its obligations”. Therefore, Darmanin said that Italy’s refusal “extremely strong results on bilateral relations“and warned in Italy’s dealings with the European Union (EU).

And here is the French retaliation. “The loser is the Italian government,” he added, France to tighten border control and can stop accepting Transfer to your country 3,500 refugees Currently in Italy, as provided by the solidarity mechanism for the distribution of refugees among European countries.

border state

so it explodes new conflict in This has strained French domestic politics after the EU abandoned its initial preparations to allow the ship to dock two days ago, especially as the toughest wing of the French government reluctantly harassed the migrants rescued at sea in showing solidarity with them — and Left ‘Ocean Viking’ in limbo for hoursOn Thursday morning, he still has no clear indication of where he will go.

This situation is a rapidly deteriorating situation on board ‘Ocean Viking’, “with people panic attacks Y anxiety” and others who started refusing food as of this Wednesday, according to Elisa Brivio, spokesperson for ‘Ocean Viking. ,” Brivio added, the ship came to send 46 port assignment request10 of them to France.

Actually, although Italy and Malta were the closest safe havens after the rescue of the ‘Ocean Viking’. The ship – and therefore France is not legally required to offer assistance – decided earlier this week. Ask Paris, Madrid and Athens to allow it to dock at one of its ports. A request that finally fell to FrancePalazzo Chigi wrote on Tuesday, two days after the Italian government put pressure on the Elysee to “share responsibility for the migrant emergency on the shoulders of Italy and several other Mediterranean countries to this day”. Italian Government.

bad luck for Italy

“It is clear,” said lawyer Fulvio Vassallo Paleologo. conflict within the EUand France, Germany and Italy are the responsibility of the flag state”. However, the Minister said that according to the law, “it is not the flag states that have to designate ports”, the Minister also highlighted the delays experienced in recent days. death of a woman and a newborn baby Body found but 20 days old On a boat reaching the island of Sicily from Lampedusa.

Therefore, at the same time the result, in fact, Bad drink for Italy. Indeed, on the one hand, the crisis comes at a time when immigrants to Italy have risen to almost 90,000 so far this year (up from 57,000 last year). On the other hand, these numbers They don’t put Italy at the top of the list with European countries Most asylum seekers, especially in Germany (232,000 people), followed by France (82,000), the United Kingdom (83,000) and Spain (91,000), according to data from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). .