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The commander of the ship of the Spanish NGO Proactiva, anchored since Thursday morning a few hundred meters from the port of Lampedusa, described Friday, August 16 an " explosive " situation on board. The ship and the migrants he has rescued are victims of the quarrel imposed by Matteo Salvini during a crisis in the Italian government. After the landing of several migrants for health reasons, those still waiting aboard the Open Arms, now for 15 days, now threaten to jump into the water to reach the island to swim.
There is no obstacle to a landing without delay in Lampedusa. That's what the Rescue and Rescue Center, which depends on the Italian Coast Guard, wrote to the Interior Ministry on Friday, asking for an urgent response, according to the Italian press.
In addition, the Agrigento prosecutor's office must also quickly decide whether and how to intervene to enforce the decision authorizing the Open Arms to dock. The magistrates opened a new investigation, against X this time, for kidnapping and the judicial police went to the headquarters of the Coast Guard to seize documents. In addition, another court hearing about the 29 unaccompanied minors on board has already appointed guardians.
On the Open Arms, the situation is " inhuman ", " unsustainable ", in the words of Major Marc Reig on Spanish television, which speaks of a time bomb, of people psychologically exhausted.
The coast of Lampedusa is within range of breaststroke, a few hundred meters. The situation is completely incomprehensible for the survivors, who threaten to jump into the water, whether they know how to swim or not.