Police take away 17 immigrants in a clinic of Doctors Without Borders in Rome

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Ireland and Albania pledged to welcome 39 of these immigrants, while the Italian Church offered to take care of the remaining 100

 

The migration crisis is still open in Italy despite the fact that Interior Minister Matteo Salvini gave it up last Wednesday because its policy of closed ports has meant an inevitable collapse in the landings of displaced people saved in the Channel of Sicily. So far in 2018 arrivals have fallen by 80% compared to the same period of the previous year. The reduction of the figures does not hide the fact that abuses continue to be committed both in Libya and in Italy itself. The latest attack took place in Rome when the police took 17 Eritreans waiting to be treated at the clinic set up by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Baobab, a center next to the Tiburtina train station where immigrants meet. refugees. The NGO said it was an "unacceptable violation of the right to medical care."

The 17 Eritreans that the policemen took by force would be part of the group of 139 foreigners whom Salvini prevented for ten days from disembarking in the Sicilian port of Catania. Despite criticism from humanitarian organizations, opposition parties and even the president of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, the Interior Minister forced them to wait on board the Italian Coast Guard's 'Diciotti' patrol. rescued in the Central Mediterranean. Finally, the situation unraveled when Ireland and Albania undertook to welcome 39 of these immigrants, while the Italian Church offered to take care of the remaining one hundred. They were taken to a shelter in the town of Rocca di Papa, near Rome, where some 40 have disappeared in recent days. The 17 Eritreans who took the Police from the MSF clinic would be part of those 40.

"Receiving medical treatment is a universal right recognized by Italian law and preventing it is a serious and unacceptable violation," said Anne Garella, head of mission of the Italian NGO in Italy. "The Italian authorities have every right to identify people present in Italian territory, but a medical space can not be used opportunistically to facilitate police operations." While the controversy intensified due to the actions of the security forces in the MSF clinic, Salvini continued his criticism of the Justice for opening an investigation into the kidnapping of people due to his actions with the immigrants held in the 'Diciotti'.