2023-09-16 11:46:06
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Gérald Darmanin will hold a conference call with his Italian and German counterparts and with the EU
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin will speak by telephone with his Italian and German counterparts this Saturday afternoon around 3:30 p.m., about the influx of migrants to Lampedusa, BFMTV learned from the minister’s entourage. The exchange will be held on the proposal of the French minister.
The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, as well as European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, are also expected to participate in this discussion.
13:02
Germany finally announces that it will continue to welcome migrants arriving in Italy
Change of discourse in Berlin. Germany has decided
to continue to welcome migrants and refugees arriving in Italy, declared the Minister of the Interior late Friday, two days after announcing the suspension of an agreement on the subject with Rome.
As part of a European Union (EU) solidarity program, Germany pledged to help member states facing large numbers of migrant arrivals, such as Italy, by welcoming 3,500 people. But it announced the suspension of the agreement on Wednesday.
12:18
The President of the European Commission will visit Lampedusa this weekend
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Lampedusa this weekend, an EU official announced this Saturday. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will be present alongside him.
This trip comes as more than 11,000 migrants have landed on the Italian island since Monday. Giorgia Meloni called on Brussels for help after the influx by boat of some 8,500 people in three days this week on this small Italian island
11:14
Situation still tense in Lampedusa, new arrivals of migrants recorded this Saturday
The situation remains complex on the Italian island this Saturday, according to our special envoys on site. While migrants were transferred to other accommodation centers, new arrivals were recorded this morning.
The arrivals are picked up by the coast guard offshore, before being disembarked on the island, while their makeshift boats are moored in the port.
11:02
“It generates more money than narcotics”: a Menton police officer recalls the difficulties of the fight against illegal immigration
A long-term job. Despite the announcement of police reinforcements made by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, the fight against illegal immigration is proving complex in the face of highly organized smugglers, according to a member of the police.
“To be dissuasive, we have to strike a big blow, do intelligence cooperation with the Italians, we have to dismantle networks,” said Philippe Vicente, SGP Police Unit delegate, at the Menton border police at the microphone of BFMTV, calling for “work for the long term”.
“(Migrant smuggling) drains a lot of migrants. In a sector like (Menton), it generates more money than narcotics,” he underlines.
10:51
Numerous checks carried out at the Franco-Italian border
Gendarmerie checks are regularly carried out at the Franco-Italian border, after the influx of migrants in recent days on the island of Lampedusa, according to our special correspondent in Ventimiglia.
The police open the trunks of cars arriving at the border to ensure that migrants have not been hidden there. According to humanitarian associations, there are numerous pushbacks.
10:34
“Perlinpinpin powder”: Benoît Hamon castigates political leaders who call for closing borders
Former PS presidential candidate, Benoît Hamon, now head of the NGO Singa, spoke on RMC this Saturday on the issue of migrants in Lampedusa.
Above all, you should not listen to “those who tell you that they are going to close the borders, they will not succeed, all of this is rubbish”, he calls, while Jordan Bardella, candidate of the Rassemblement national in the 2024 European elections, notably called for being firm on the issue.
“If you close legal immigration, you increase illegal immigration,” believes Benoît Hamon.
10:15
“We can’t stay like this”: in Lampedusa, migrants face precarious living conditions
The thousands of migrants disembarked in recent days on the Italian island of Lampedusa are faced with a very basic health situation within the center which welcomes them, as noted by our team sent on site.
With drawn faces and often a distraught air, men, women and children are installed in the courtyard, patiently waiting to find out their next destination.
“We can’t stay like this,” complains Abou, a migrant, to our microphone.
>> A subject to find below in video and here in our article.
10:04
Germany announces that it will no longer accept migrants from Italy since “the end of August”
Germany announced on Wednesday that it had suspended the voluntary reception of asylum seekers from Italy, provided for by European agreements, due to a “strong migratory pressure” and Rome’s refusal to apply these same agreements.
The German government informed Rome of its decision “at the end of August”, said an Interior Ministry spokesperson.
This suspension “until further notice” concerns the “voluntary European solidarity mechanism” which organizes the relocation of asylum seekers from the country of arrival in the EU to other voluntary Member States
9:38
The Minister of Foreign Affairs assures that France “takes its part” in welcoming migrants
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna repeated on Friday LCI that France “took its part” in the distribution of migrants.
“You know that France is taking its share, that European countries are taking their share unequally and some even refuse to do so,” she continued, in a context of tensions between member states, particularly with Germany.
The head of diplomacy also called for the long European negotiations on the asylum and migration pact to end “before the end of the year”, deeming this point “imperative”.
8:35
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin calls a new meeting this Saturday morning
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin is calling a new extraordinary meeting on the migration issue this Saturday morning with his ministry. A speech is expected at the end of this meeting.
A first meeting has already taken place on Friday afternoon “on the Italian migration situation, following the events that occurred in Lampedusa”, according to Beauvau. The relevant police, gendarmerie, immigration and internal intelligence services, as well as the prefects of Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-Maritimes were summoned.
8:32
Emmanuel Macron defends a “duty of European solidarity” with Italy
French President Emmanuel Macron defended a “duty of European solidarity” with Italy on Friday, as the island of Lampedusa faces a sudden influx of migrants.
Comments which also come as Germany has just suspended the voluntary reception of asylum seekers from this country due to “strong migratory pressure” and Rome’s refusal to apply European agreements.
8:30
Giorgia Meloni describes the migratory pressure suffered by Italy as “unsustainable”
The head of the Italian right-wing and far-right government Giorgia Meloni assured Friday that the migratory pressure suffered by her country with the daily arrival of thousands of migrants was “unsustainable” and asked the European Union to react.
“The migratory pressure that Italy has been experiencing since the beginning of the year is unsustainable. It is the result of a difficult international situation” in Africa, she said in a video message broadcast by her services. .
8:29
Migrant influx in Lampedusa declines, arrivals transferred to Sicily
The influx of migrants to Lampedusa was declining on Friday, after more than 7,000 arrivals in less than 48 hours on the Italian island.
Italian authorities are transferring thousands of people who arrived this week by sea to Sicily and the continent.
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