Sergio Mattarella's message on the occasion of World Refugee Day: "don't ignore the drama"
“About 100 million men, women and children, on all continents, are forced to leave their homes to find protection against persecution, abuse and violence.
The sense of humanity and respect for the highest values inscribed in the Republican Constitution require us not to ignore their drama": thus the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, in a message on the occasion of World Refugee Day.
“Italy has always been at the forefront in fulfilling the high duty of solidarity, assistance and welcome, according to the provisions of the Constitution for those who are prevented in their own country from the effective exercise of democratic rights and freedoms”, is another passage from Mattarella's declaration.
"In celebrating World Refugee Day today, it is appropriate to reiterate that assistance initiatives for these people - and in particular for refugees who find themselves in conditions of particular vulnerability - must be accompanied by the search for an indispensable and very urgent long-term structural solution ”.
“To definitively overcome - goes on - the emergency management of these phenomena with an action on a European and international scale, it is essential to intervene on the root causes that push such a large number of needy human beings to abandon their countries. They deserve alternative opportunities to the risky journeys that, driven by circumstances, they undertake in even prohibitive conditions."
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