Roma, 28 gene – The nave Ong Sea Watch, in Italian territorial waters with on board 47 illegal immigrants, as well as having sparked yet another political clash between the yellow-green government - firm on the hard line of closed ports - and the immigrationist opposition, And under investigation.
The Prosecutor's Office of Syracuse for the moment there are no suspects or suspected crimes, but it is collecting information from the Port Authority and the Financial Police day by day, which deals with maritime surveillance.
The latest information from the Fiamme Gialle, scheduled for today, it will concern the situation on board, the routes followed by the vessel and the possibility that the master of the vessel flying the Dutch flag disregarded the order of the Dutch Maritime Coordination Centre, turning towards Italy instead of heading towards the coasts of Tunisia, closer, when the storm was about to arrive.
The investigators' next step could be an on-board inspection - as had already happened with the Diciotti - if the risk of a health emergency was reported. And pm, to proceed, they should assume a crime: probably the failure to provide assistance. In the event of a full-blown emergency – risks of epidemics and infections, migrants in need of urgent care and in danger of life - or violations by the NGO, the vessel could be seized. And therefore the disembarkation would be arranged. Ma at the moment the conditions on board are not emergency.
Meanwhile, the deputy prime minister and minister of the interior Matteo Salvini keeps the point: no one gets off the boat, in the harbor off the coast of Syracuse. The clash with the Netherlands is clear and sees the Lega-M5S government compact. “We have concrete elements to affirm that, putting the lives of those on board at risk, the captain and crew disobeyed instructions inviting them to disembark in the nearest port (not in Italy), evidence that will be made available to the judicial authority – said Salvini – If this were the case, we would be faced with a crime and a specific desire to use these immigrants for a political battle“.
The position of the Interior Ministry is clear: the Sea Watch 3, with on board the immigrants loaded on board off the coast of Libya on 19 January, upon the arrival of the storm that hit the central Mediterranean chose to head for Italy, instead of turning towards the Tunisian coast, closer. The NGO ship was apparently invited by the Dutch Maritime Coordination Center to head towards Tunisia, but she headed north anyway, towards Italy.
From the tracks in the hands of the Italian authorities, it emerges that other ships - merchant and fishing vessels - were in the vicinity of the Sea Watch on the same day 3, they headed for Tunisia.
The deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio for his part, he points out that the government is committed on two fronts, “produce the documents to seize the vessel and bring the immigrants to Holland”. on board.
Sunday three opposition parliamentarians – Nicola Fratoianni, national secretary of the Italian Left, Riccardo Magi, +Europa MP, and Stefania Prestigiacomo, parliamentarian of Forza Italia – they did the usual anti-government and pro-immigration catwalk on the NGO ship, triggering the ire of Salvini who defined the gesture incitement to illegal immigration.
Adolfo Spezzaferro
source – https://www.ilprimatonazionale.it/primo-piano/sea-watch-aperta-inchiesta-di-maio-va-sequestrata-immigrati-in-olanda-102746/