MIGRANT SITUATION IN SICILY IS SERIOUS According to the Govenor of Sicily, Musumeci quoted figures this week - 7,077 migrants arrived in Sicily in July and "more than 3,000" have already arrived up to August 15 this month. That is "more than 10,000 people" in less than two months. Musumeci says these numbers make it impossible for the centers meant to test, house and potentially quarantine migrants to cope while maintaining the hygiene standards and distance requirements that the coronavirus requires to halt its spread. "Sicily can't continue to submit to this invasion of migrants," tweeted Musumeci on the evening of August 22, just ahead of the publication of his latest decree. "Within a few hours, I will have on my desk the decree in which I will be able to empty all the hotspots and welcome centers on the territory," read Musumeci's tweet.
His decree was made and then it was revoked by the Courts in Rome the following day .... many migrants are still travelling & arriving in Lampedusa and the situation is serious - where are these migrants going to be housed? |