UN:'Italy abandons harsh measures against migrants'

"Any new policy under the state of emergency must comply with Italy's human rights obligations."This is the appeal launched by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk according to whom "the right to life and the prohibition of refoulement cannot be waived, not even in such circumstances". Turk, the UN website reads, "urged the Italian government to abandon the tough new law adopted earlier this year that limits civilian search and rescue operations and to refrain from criminalizing those involved in providing life-saving assistance". -life".The rescue operations began at 9 on Saturday and continued, through the work of the financial police, the harbor master's office and Frontex structures, throughout the day. Many women and children also landed on Lampedusa. The different groups reported that they left from the Tunisian cities of Zarzis, Chebba, Jebiniana and Kerkenna and paid up to 4,000 dinars to be able to get to Italy. After 17 landings on Saturday and 5 at night, there are 1,436 migrants in the hotspot. Sea Watch: "Nineteen boats in distress".