2023-09-15 17:10:52
Friday September 15, 2023
19:57
CATHERINE COLONNA SUR LCI
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, is the guest of LCI in a moment. An interview to follow on channel 26.
19:10
MELONI’S U-TURN ON IMMIGRATION
Since coming to power in October 2022, the government of Giorgia Meloni has increased measures to hinder the activities of migrant relief NGOs and has failed to stem the flows. Faced with the test of power, the Italian Prime Minister, caught up in the migration crisis in Lampedusa, nevertheless demonstrates pragmatism.
International
Published today at 6:01 p.m.
17:10
AN ISLAND AT THE HEART OF MIGRATIONS
Geographical location, reception center… Why is the island of Lampedusa at the heart of population movements? Response elements.
International
Posted today at 4:41 p.m.
16:39
LAMPEDUSA, “THE FUTURE OF FRANCE”, ACCORDING TO JORDAN BARDELLA
“The European Union has become a hostess for migrants,” denounces on LCI Jordan Bardella, head of the RN list for the European elections. “What is happening in Lampedusa is the future of France if we do not regain control of our destiny. I call on the President of the Republic not to welcome any migrants on French territory.”
Crisis in Lampedusa: RN president Jordan Bardella reacts on LCISource: TF1 Info
16:32
THE EXTREME RIGHT LAUNCHES ITS CAMPAIGN
The migration crisis in Lampedusa gave the far right an opportunity to launch its campaign for the European elections on the theme of immigration. Reconquest and RN criticize European migration policy, French aid policy, and demand more sovereignty in border management.
Policy
Published today at 4:15 p.m.
15:31
REFUSAL OF MIGRANT TRANSFERS: GERMANY EXPLAINS ITSELF
Germany wanted to “send a signal” to Rome by suspending the voluntary reception of asylum seekers, provided for by the European agreements, given Italy’s refusal to apply its part of the agreement, indicated this Friday a government spokesperson.
The relocations provided for in the “voluntary European solidarity mechanism” could resume “at any time if Italy fulfills its obligation to take back refugees in accordance with the Dublin rules”, assured this spokesperson, refuting criticism of a lack of “solidarity” of Germany.
15:29
CATHERINE COLONNA SUR LCI
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, affirms that “France is taking its part” in the migration crisis. “We must continue the work initiated by the Ministers of the Interior on a mechanism which allows us to strengthen our protections at our external borders, prevent irregular migrants from arriving, but welcome those who must be,” she asks. on LCI.
The entire interview can be found this Friday at 8 p.m. on LCI (channel 26).
Crisis in Lampedusa: “France is taking its part”, says Catherine Colonna on LCISource: TF1 Info
15:09
“DON’T LEAVE ITALY ALONE”
The Italian island of Lampedusa has been taken by surprise in recent days by massive arrivals of migrants and has declared itself in a state of emergency. In reaction, Emmanuel Macron estimated that the European Union must intervene to “not leave Italy alone”. “Work is being done” between Paris and Rome and “decisions will be taken on this basis,” he announced.
International
Published today at 2:40 p.m.
14:45
“POINT OF NO RETURN”
“We have reached a point of no return,” lamented on the Italian channel Sky TG24 the mayor of Lampedusa, Fillipo Manino. Faced with the unprecedented influx of migrants in recent days, “we need Europe to face up front with a relief operation carried out throughout the Mediterranean”, he pleaded, explaining that he cannot “do more than this that we are already doing.”
“I remember that during the period of Operation Mare Nostrum, situations like this did not happen, so perhaps we need to rethink emergency interventions,” he continued, referring to to a European rescue operation, which made it possible between 2013 and 2014 to rescue more than 100,000 people in the Mediterranean. “I am also sincerely outraged by what I see these hours, where everyone is barricading themselves, closing their borders,” said the elected official, castigating “a Europe which for all these months, for all these years, remains silent, a Europe which does not have a migration policy”.
“An enormous solidarity has been established on the island”, however welcomed the councilor. “Since yesterday, all the residents have helped as best they can by bringing food, toys and stuffed animals for the children. A parish structure has been set up to accommodate children, women and more vulnerable people. The forces of order, the associations dedicated to reception are doing their best to manage this phenomenon even if the large number of people to help makes the task difficult,” he explained. The town declared “national mourning” on Wednesday and today we will observe a moment of contemplation in front of the parish church.
14:29
REPORTAGE
The island of Lampedusa (Italy) is facing a massive influx of migrants. More than 7,000 in 48 hours, that’s more than the local population. What will become of them and where will they go? Answers in the report below.
International
Published today at 2:16 p.m.
14:16
E. CIOTTI CALLS FOR A REFERENDUM “BY THE END OF THE YEAR”
“Faced with the emergency, we ask the President of the Republic to call a referendum on immigration by the end of the year through article 89 of the Constitution,” he says. . The Republicans have tabled a constitutional bill on immigration which plans to consult the people on this subject, an idea that Eric Ciotti relaunched during the August 30 meeting in Saint-Denis between Emmanuel Macron and party leaders policies.
13:22
“WE HAVE A DUTY OF EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY”, ESTIMATES E. MACRON
Traveling to the Château de Bussy-Rabutin (Côte d’Or), the Head of State reacted to the crisis in Lampedusa. “This situation shows that immigration is a phenomenon that affects all Europeans,” said Emmanuel Macron. “We must first have a humanitarian approach, our responsibility is to take care of the people who have arrived. Then, we we have a duty of European solidarity. There is work being done by Gérald Darmanin with the Italian government and decisions will be taken on this basis.
“Europe must better protect its borders, continued the Head of State. We must better prevent these departures from the African continent and the Middle East. France has carried out this action. Once the people are on the territory , we must see if they are eligible for asylum or if they are intended to be returned home. We must be able to do this very effectively with common rules. We will act with rigor but humanity.”
12:53
THE AUDITORS
Many videos are circulating online about the arrival of several thousand migrants on the island of Lampedusa, Italy. These images, used politically by the far right, come from journalists or locals.
12:52
3000 PEOPLE STILL ON THE ISLAND
The press agency confirms that the influx of migrants in Lampedusa is decreasing on Friday and the Italian authorities are transferring thousands of people who arrived this week by sea to Sicily and the continent. They have mobilized significant resources to move these people to Sicily or mainland ports, including a Navy patrol boat and ferries. According to the site Euronews, 2000 people among the migrants who arrived in Lampedusa in recent days were transferred to the Sicilian cities of Augusta, Catana and Trapani. Still according to the site, the majority of migrants left from Sfax, Tunisia, and are from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, Cameroon and Guinea.
According to the Red Cross, which participates in the care of migrants disembarked on site, the exact reasons for this massive arrival are difficult to identify, the return of good weather having favored departures but cannot explain everything. This year, the island saw one or two migrant boats docking per day, but over the last three days, around a hundred boats have arrived, a “completely abnormal” situation according to the NGO.
12:45
EUROPEAN MIGRATION POLICY: “IT’S NOT WORKING”
“The European strategy of closing borders in the Mediterranean and externalizing a problem that it refused to resolve itself, by negotiating with Libya and Tunisia, we can clearly see that it does not work,” explained on LCI François Gemenne, researcher specializing in migration issues and member of the IPCC. “These countries are unreliable, and pose serious problems in terms of respect for human rights, since Tunisia launches its police to hunt migrants and release them into the Sahara desert with Libya,” he said. insisted.
This bankrupt management “endangers Europe itself”, as one of the key arguments which motivated the British desire to leave the EU within the framework of Brexit, recalled the expert. “If Europe does not manage to resolve this question of asylum and immigration, tomorrow there will probably be other Brexits, since the exasperation of the populations will increase populism, nationalism, extremism,” he said. he assured.
12:38
LCI ON SITE
The reception center on the island was taken by surprise by the massive arrival of 7,000 migrants in a few days. Dozens of people find themselves sitting in the sun, supported by the Red Cross who are trying to help them at all costs. They recount a hellish journey, which sometimes stretched over several months. Scuffles also broke out around food distributions. Fatigue is felt as migrants wait to be transferred to continue their journey. Explanations from the LCI special correspondent on site in this video.
Influx of migrants to Lampedusa: the reception center overwhelmed, LCI on site Source: TF1 Info
12:23
PARIS CREATES “A CALL OF AIR” FOR MIGRANTS, ACCORDING TO M. MARÉCHAL
The head of the Reconquest list in the European elections Marion Maréchal spoke on LCI since in Lampedusa, where she traveled. “I came because it is a vital and historic subject for our continent, because this drama is only just beginning,” she thundered, calling for “a political response” and assuring that there was “nothing indecent about coming there”. She also accused the French government of being “hypocritical” by “passing the buck to the Italian government” while creating “a breath of fresh air” through measures on French soil which, according to her, “encourage people to cross the Mediterranean.” “.
She called for “national responses that no longer encourage people to come to our countries” and criticized a “far too lax asylum system at European level”, which would leave rejected people on European soil. “Most of the people who arrive here are not going to stay in Italy, they will also go to France,” she defended, calling for “coherent action at the European level” and a global “political response”. “It can only be a collective challenge”, the head of the Italian government Giorgia Meloni “cannot provide an answer alone”, assured the head of the far-right party list. She also accused the NGOs of “collusion” with “smuggler traffic”, “the human traffickers behind this spectacular landing of 7,000 migrants”.
11:55
WHAT IS SUPPORTED AT EUROPEAN SCALE?
“The Italian government is in difficulty compared to other subjects, the only subjects that remain on the table are immigration and Brussels”, according to him “responsible and causes of all the problems that have arisen in Italy”, explained Anna Bonalume, Franco-Italian journalist, on LCI. She recalled that European countries signed a solidarity pact last year, making it possible to “relocate migrants who arrived in Italy and provide aid to countries under migratory pressure”, from which Germany is in the process of leaving. “It is a first form, a European step to share migratory pressure,” she insisted.
Migration crisis: Italy abandoned by its European partners? Source: TF1 Info
11:40
POLITICAL REACTIONS
The president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella asked Emmanuel Macron on Friday to make a commitment not to welcome “a single migrant” from the Italian island of Lampedusa. “Emmanuel Macron must solemnly make this commitment: France will not welcome a single migrant from the concerted Lampedusa operation,” declared the head of the far-right party list for the European elections of June 2024 on X ( formerly Twitter). The day before, the head of the RN had already estimated that “the signals of laxity from the EU were received 5/5 by the smugglers and by all of Africa: Lampedusa, therefore Europe, is submerged”.
Present in Lampedusa, the head of the Reconquête list (far right) Marion Maréchal assured for her part on Friday on BFMTV that she wanted to “provide support to the Italian people (and) to the Italian government which is abandoned by the European Union, also abandoned by France, and who finds himself alone in managing this situation even though the Italian borders are not only the borders of Italy, they are the borders of the whole of Europe.
At Les Républicains (LR), MEP François-Xavier Bellamy, also on BFMTV, criticized a European policy that is “bankrupt on the migration issue, because European law has for a long time disarmed our States in their capacity, their will to control their borders.
11:26
GERALD DARMANIN CALLS A MEETING
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has called a meeting, which is to be held Friday afternoon, on the “migratory situation” of the Italian island. “Gérald Darmanin convened a meeting (Friday) on the Italian migration situation, following the events in Lampedusa,” said the French Interior Ministry. This meeting must be held in the afternoon with the “relevant services” of the police, gendarmerie and immigration, it was specified.
In a press release sent to TF1info, the Ministry of the Interior adds that the minister “will also discuss between now and this evening with his German and Italian counterparts”. “At the end, he will have another meeting tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. with the ministry’s services,” said those around him.
During a trip to Menton on Tuesday, in the Alpes-Maritimes, Gérald Darmanin had already announced reinforcements in the fight against irregular immigration at the Italian border, where France is seeing “a 100% increase in flows”, had -he says. More details can be found in this article.
11:23
THE OUTDATED WELCOME CENTER
Nearly 7,000 migrants have arrived on 120 different boats on the coast of the island of Lampedusa in recent days. However, the island’s reception center only has 400 places, leaving many people crowded together without a structure to care for them. Men, women and children are forced to sleep outside on makeshift plastic beds, many wrapped in survival blankets.
International
Posted today at 9:37 a.m.
11:19
THE JUICY BUSINESS OF Smugglers
The smugglers’ business, which is now organized into a real professional network, finds itself at the heart of the crisis currently facing the island of Lampedusa. According to the Italian press, Hassan, one of the most powerful smugglers in Sfax, Tunisia, could be behind the massive arrival of migrants on the island. The man gave an interview to La Repubblica a few weeks ago, explaining that he had gathered around him a whole network of coordinators, creditors, corrupt coast guards… He would generate average revenues of 40,000 to 70,000 euros per crossing. Details in the column below.
Migration crisis in Lampedusa: the story of a smugglerSource: TF1 Info
11:11
ITALIAN ISLAND OVERWHELMED BY ARRIVALS
More than 7,000 people from North Africa landed on Tuesday and Wednesday in Lampedusa, one of the main gateways to Europe, the equivalent of the local population on this island, which declared itself in state emergency. The Italian Red Cross announced on Wednesday that more than 100 boats landed on the shores of the Italian island in one day. The association has sounded the alarm regarding the reception capacity of its structures, which is largely exceeded, with 6,000 people accommodated instead of 400. An update on the situation in this article.
11:08
WELCOME
Hello and welcome to this live dedicated to the situation on the Italian island of Lampedusa, which has been facing record arrivals of migrants via the Mediterranean in recent days and has declared itself in a state of emergency. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has called a meeting on the subject, which is to be held this Friday afternoon.
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