The European Union must “apply greater pressure on Italy to assure that human rights are not violated in Lampedusa“, underlined Amnesty International, the day before Vice-President of the EU Commission Jacques Barrot visits the island.
In a letter addressed to Barrot, Amnesty expressed,
“its concern over the treatment of asylum-seekers and immigrants on Lampedusa, after an ad hoc decree by the Interior Ministry in January”. “Italy’s decision to detain migrants and asylum-seekers on Lampedusa for the duration of the procedure, rather than transferring them to the mainland, has had a serious impact on their human rights,”
said Nicolas Beger, the director of the EU office of Amnesty.
“The current situation on Lampedusa,” he added, “prevents the construction in the EU of a true area of justice, liberty, and safety based on respect for fundamental rights”.
According to Amnesty, the conditions in the immigration centre
“put the minimum standards called for in human rights regulations in jeopardy”.
The European Commission, underlined the humanitarian organisation,
”has rightly recognised the urgency of the situation”. Barrot “must now examine if the new regulations introduced by the Italian government constitute a violation of European legislation and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union”.
For this reason Amnesty International has asked Brussels to
“pressure the Italian government to re-establish the rapid transfer system for migrants and asylum-seekers from Lampedusa to the mainland” and “to ensure that the procedures for deportation are implemented with full respect to the rights of migrants and asylum-seekers”.
Der står intet om italienernes og EU-borgernes rettigheder. Men det er klart – ifølge de nævnte organisationer har de ingen rettigheder - i henhold til flygtninge og asylasøgere – kun pligten til at modtage og forsørge dem.
Italien bør opsige alle aftaler med EU og internationale organisationer og stå helt frit.
Ellers har de frasagt sig al overhøjhed over eget territorium, og de bliver kvalt i lutter afrikanere.
falkeøje
Comment af falkeøje — 15 marts 2009 @ 18:55
For en gangs skyld er jeg aldeles tryg ved de italienske embedsmænd.
Og når man udnævner landets rigeste mand til ministerpræsident, undgår man korruption. Ingen vil forsøge at bestikke Italiens rigeste mand.
Comment af Elefanten — 15 marts 2009 @ 21:50
Gad vide hvornaar det gaar op for Amnesty og de andre, at saa latterlig og krakilsk en overholdelse af “menneskerettighederne” (altsaa forfægtelse af flygtningenes ret til at forsvinde i mængden paa fastlandet) virker undergravende paa hele menneskerets-begrebet. En dag begynder stater at blæse paa menneskerettighederne, af hensyn til lov, ret og sikkerhed hjemme. Maaske ryger de rigtige menneskerettigheder ved den lejlighed. Ret sygt.
Comment af Kristoffer Mogensen — 15 marts 2009 @ 21:55