Italian ministers approve tougher laws against people-smugglers during meeting in Cutro
Protests were held as the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, held a cabinet meeting on Thursday in Cutro, the Calabrian town close to wThe rightwing cabinet approved tougher laws against people-smugglers, including jail terms of up to 30 years for those who cause the death of more than one person, as well as measures to boost legal routes through which foreign workers can enter“We wanted to have this cabinet meeting here because, in the aftermath of the tragedy, we wanted to give a...
Other signs read “They could have been saved”, and some of the protesters called for the resignation of the deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini – who hasthe UK’s “harsh but fair” anti-immigration plan – and the interior minister, Matteo Piantedosi, who was criticised after the tragedy for saying “desperation can never justify travel conditions that endanger the lives of one’s own children”.
Meanwhile, 40 civil and social associations including Doctors Without Borders presented a petition to prosecutors in Crotone, urging them to shed light on the shipwreck. “We want to give our contribution to establishing the facts, there can be no grey areas on possible liability in the rescue machine,” the associations said in a statement.
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