A wave of peaceful mass protests nationwide has risen up today from north to south against the “immigration policy” introduced by the Italian far-right Minister of the Interior, who denied the migrant rescue ship MS Aquarius permission to dock in Italy. A humanitarian catastrophe was avoided only thank to the intervention of Spanish Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party Pedro Sánchez, who gave the ship permission to dock in Valencia, Spain. Furthermore, it seems very serious that a military corp such as the Coast Guard claims to be, in executing the far-right Minister of the Interior’s order, ended up for committing fragrant violations of international law. As Naples Mayor Luigi de Magistris warns, the story won’t end here: “The port of Naples is open. Whoever prevents a ship from docking in a port to save lives, whoever puts human lives at risk, not only behaves in an undignified, shameful and ethically reprehensible way, but commits a crime against humanity and will be called to answer before international tribunals”.
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Mass rally in Milan, Italy. Similar rallies have been held in Bari, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Rome, Palermo, Turin and so on. Photos: la Repubblica.
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