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July 12, 2020 They lay on the ground and stopped driving on the SS18 state road in Amantea, in the province of Cosenza. It is the protest of the residents for the arrival of 13 positive migrants to Covid, landed in Roccella Jonica. They are Pakistani, currently asymptomatic. The task force of the Asp of Cosenza has immediately started the protocols and is managing the outbreak of migrants locally. They will soon be visited by the medical team and then swabbed again. Residents ask for security and the immediate transfer of migrants to a more suitable center.

The landings
Last Friday 70 migrants landed in Roccella Jonica, all from Pakistan: 28 tested positive at Covid. Among them 20 unaccompanied minors. Of these 5 positive. A sailing ship had arrived on board to Roccela Jonica, where the rescue car was triggered. In addition to the Covid-19 swab, they were also treated for scabies. The adults were divided into two structures in Amantea and Bova while the minors were hosted in a hotel in Roccella Jonica.

The president of the Santelli a Conte region: "Explosive situation"
"The 28 positive migrants to Covid-19 who arrived yesterday in Roccella Jonica confirm the enormous risks associated with the landings of people arriving from countries where the epidemic is still out of control. they were easy prophets when we warned the government about the dangers of out of control immigration. Unfortunately, however, we have not listened and now we all have to face the consequences of these non-choices. " The President of the Region Jole Santelli takes pen and paper and writes to Conte. "For months - he explains - we have fought the coronavirus, at the cost of enormous existential, social and economic sacrifices. But now, due to this incomprehensible indifference towards the threat posed by uncontrolled landings, all the efforts made by the Calabrians and Italians risk to be thwarted. We cannot allow it. The State, the Government, must be present and face a situation which, from now on, could become even more explosive ".  

"I will block the landings"
"I expect a very quick response from the Government and I warn that, otherwise, I will not hesitate to act, exercising my ordinance powers for an emergency, forbidding landings in Calabria - concludes Santelli -. I want to avoid an arm wrestling with the government, but I have an obligation to defend the Calabrians and those who have chosen to spend their holidays in Calabria ".