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June 06, 2020

A whole day to observe closely the moment of serious tension that reigns in Lampedusa. The institutional visit of the Minister for the South, Peppe Provenzano, on the island of Lampedusa is underway, where this morning together with the vice-president of the LIBE Commission in the European Parliament, Pietro Bartolo, and the mayor of Lampedusa and Linosa, Toto 'Martello, visited the hotspot that welcomes migrants from the North African coast.   

In the afternoon Provenzano and Bartolo went to the door of Europe, the work of the artist Mimmo Paladino, "packaged" in recent days in protest against the landings on the Lampedusa coast. The Minister is also meeting, in two distinct moments, the municipal administration and the entrepreneurs of the island to listen to the difficulties related to the revival of tourism after the lockdown imposed by the pandemic.   

"I came to Lampedusa - said Minister Provenzano - to bring the proximity of the institutions to a community offended by these gestures, a community that has held up the honor and dignity of Italy and the whole of Italy in recent years. Europe. The state does not allow itself to be intimidated by these actions, the judiciary will bring those guilty to justice. But the Italian state has a debt to this island, which must be recognized with closeness, attention, especially in this difficult phase. Lampedusa must also start again, ensuring connections and conditions of safety and livability for those who come from outside, and for those who live there every day. This Island must return to shine. This is an island of light, not the island of bonfires ".