Amber alert in Sicily, but migrants are exempt from movement restrictions
While the pandemic is forcing Italy to its knees, migrants continue to flow into the country. The right-wing opposition says it is outrageous that the government does nothing about the critical conditions that have developed on the islands, conservative Hungarian daily Magyar Hírlap reports.
The occupation of the southern islands of Italy continues even though Sicily has already become an amber zone in terms of the severity of the coronavirus epidemic. It is forbidden to enter or leave the province, but this does not apply to immigrants. Another 400 illegal immigrants have arrived on the island of Lampedusa, and by Monday, the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot was filled to capacity.
The reception center now houses 2,000 people under appalling conditions, but the left-wing government has still not ordered the ports to be closed. Local residents are outraged at the double standard applied to the province.
Giorgia Meloni, president of the Brothers of Italy (FdI), called Lampedusa a “duty-free area,” referring to the fact that immigrants can travel on the island without control and consequences.
