Massacre of migrants in Calabria, Piantedosi: «Desperation does not justify risky journeys». And it's already controversial

Massacre of migrants in Calabria, Piantedosi: «Desperation does not justify risky journeys». And it's already controversial.

Others 3 bodies were recovered in the morning on the coast of Picket fence of Cutro, in front of Crotone coast, In Calabria. Meanwhile, it continues unabated search for the missing after tragic shipwreck of yesterday.

A few hundred meters from the disaster site, the sea returned the body of a man, abandoned on the beach. Another body was recovered from the sea, 400 m from the shore, by a Coast Guard patrol boat. The third, however, at Le Castella, about 6 km from the site of the shipwreck.

The number of confirmed victims so far rises to 62, around 80 survivors, but over 100 deaths are feared. Also among the victims two twins of a few years and a baby of a few months. The bodies of the twins were recovered from the sea, while that of the child was found on the beach. In the shipwreck, according to some estimates, about twenty children of various ages would have died.

«Despair can never justify travel conditions that endanger the lives of one's children», said the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi, responding to journalists after the massacre of migrants in Calabria. «We're working on it. It's an international problem», added the Minister, responding on how smugglers can be fought. And Europe? «I'm going to France for this», explained Piantedosi, who is committed to a bilateral agreement with his French counterpart.

Statements that ended Placing himself once again in the sights of the opposition, who called him to report to the chamber on the shipwreck and on the government's policies.

«Unworthy words, said with unbearable pomposity», the Action leader thunders on Twitter Carlo Calenda, while the new secretary of + Europe Riccardo Magi adds: «One should be horrified by the words of Minister Piantedosi who cannot say anything else, in the face of a tragedy like that of Crotone, that the landings must be blocked. These were people who, given their origins, would almost certainly have been entitled to international protection».

Another critical voice towards the government is that of Don Carmelo La Magra, former parish priest of Lampedusa: «This time the “residual cargo” spilled into the sea. You must not cry, you must make serious political choices. You must not cry, you must help those who save lives if you don't want to save them yourself".