It is both moral and legal obligation to rescue individuals at sea. This is the message that Brussels is sending to Italy after the recent problems with landings at the port of Catania. Within the eye of the storm, there was a so-called "selective landing," which meant that only women and children were let through, but males were not. The statements of the government's two deputy prime ministers, Matteo Salvini and Antonio Tajani, are unequivocal. The Carroccio leader and Minister of Infrastructure stated: "These are planned journeys. Those on board pay about 3,000 dollars, which becomes firearms and narcotics for traffickers. The arranged journeys are becoming more and more dangerous. We must put an end not just to people trafficking, which is already widespread, but also to the trafficking of weaponry and narcotics ". To back him up, Foreign Minister Tajani: "We must be stern with the NGOs since their acts are part of a larger plan. We must preserve lives while also stopping migratory flows at their source. In addition, we welcome regular migratory movements of individuals who wish to come work with us or who are escaping war, starvation, or persecution ". MP Aboubakar Soumahoro also addressed the issue in a tweet: "Europe stands with Italy since people who arrive here land in Europe. The Meloni government's lack of readiness on immigration and asylum undermines Italy's credibility and threatens EU allies with isolation. I'll be in Brussels in a few days for this cause."
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