Our Sea

Of Marco Tosatti
The “Mare Nostrum” operation, which marked the beginning of the extraordinary wave of migration (some talking about invasion) from the African coasts, and in particular from Libya destabilized by Anglo-French-American aggression, had an exceptional sponsor. High-level sources from the Ministry of the Interior revealed this to Stilum Curiae, who were present and operational in the control room at the time. This is the revelation, which was witnessed by a high-ranking official of the ministry, retired today: the Pontiff (for six months, it was October 2013) he telephoned the then Prime Minister Enrico Letta to request an intervention from Italy. While it became known about a subsequent phone call, when the Letta government was in difficulty, of the interview of 2013 had not become known. Here is the story we were told, and which we report, sure of the solidity of the source.
“As is known, the exceptional migratory pressure that Europe e, in particular, Italy are experiencing originated between the months of October and November 2013 when, following the shipwreck of a boat full of illegal immigrants off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy unilaterally decided to launch Operation “Mare Nostrum” with the aim of collecting as many migrants as possible at sea, bring them to the national territory, have everyone apply for asylum and process them, rather than as illegal immigrants, as asylum seekers e, in fact, like real refugees. Read More