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July 29, 2020 A group of migrants arrived with the boat directly on the beach of Caucana, in the Ragusano area, a few kilometers from Punta Secca, the seaside village that hosts Montalbano's house in TV fiction. The refugees, 45 in all, landed amid the general amazement of the bathers and tried to vanish. Some were traced and brought to Pozzallo for identification. A dozen people have lost their tracks. 

The 120 landed in Lampedusa are transferred to Pozzallo
A motor ship of the Guardia di Finanza has meanwhile transferred 120 migrants to Pozzallo who had landed in Lampedusa. They are located on the harbor quay waiting to be transferred to other reception centers on the island. The mayor of Pozzallo, Roberto Ammatuna asked that they not be hosted in the hotspot because it was already full after the Saturday night landing from the merchant ship 'Cosmo'. It is probable that the 120 are transferred to the former 'Don Pietro' farm in the Cifali district between Comiso and Ragusa. 

Musumeci: "Rome is acting, Sicily's patience is running out" 
"We ask the State for a greater presence and greater commitment. Air bridges to quickly transfer migrants from Lampedusa to other safe destinations, in Italy, but also abroad, so that this Cynical Europe that always turns to the other side, finally look to the Mediterranean. We ask that the armed forces collaborate with the law enforcement agencies that can't take it anymore. And we hope that the central government really puts in the European seat in peremptory terms. the question of a responsibility that belongs to everyone ". This was stated by the president of the Sicilian region, Nello Musumeci, at the end of his hearing before the Schengen parliamentary committee. "This phenomenon - he added - is not manageable from Sicily, which has large swathes of poverty, serious economic difficulties and thrives on tourism. We cannot take on all this alone. Patience and endurance are in our genetic code, but also these have a limit. "  

5 Pakistani found in Monfalcone. They have a fever 
Five foreigners of Pakistani citizenship, in a "feverish state", were traced this morning by the carabinieri in Monfalcone (Gorizia). The mayor, Anna Maria Cisint made it known as "a very serious episode". Cisint evokes "the concrete risk for our city of being involved in an extremely dangerous import outbreak, being today the day of the traditional weekly market", and expresses "outrage because after a period of containment and control of illegal migratory flows , the unacceptable episodes of uncontrolled arrivals along the Balkan route, as well as from the Mediterranean one, are continuously recorded ". 

Di Maio: Preserving the country's social seal
"We need a broad-based action" on the issue of migrants, "which safeguards the social seal of the country. I assure you that the government will give the right answer". Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio writes on Facebook. "The events of Caltanissetta and Porto Empedocle and the increase in landings in the last few days are a problem that the state must face. What has happened in the last few days - reiterates the minister - is not acceptable. Those who arrive in our country and then flees without respecting the quarantine puts public health at risk ".

"EU respects pacts, redistribution restarts immediately"
"The EU must respond" to the migrant crisis, "especially in a phase in which there is a very high health risk with the pandemic. We expect redistribution to restart immediately We expect Brussels to respect the agreements, just as Italy continues to respect and honor the commitments made ". Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio writes this on Fb. "We must not be afraid to say that Italy alone cannot do it right now," he added.