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ITALIAN CARITAS Diocese mobilizes
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The uprising, which began in Tunisia, the concerns that have emerged in almost all Muslim countries, from the small Djibouti in the Horn of Africa to Yemen to the unknown and even Saudi Arabia can not be explained only by poverty, unemployment, corruption and the cultural crisis of the Islamic world, elements also present in varying degrees. But, combined with the words spoken by the president of the CEI Angelo Bagnasco, we believe that: "When a people is oppressed for too long by a regime that respects human rights, sooner or later burst." It is therefore a real danger of a humanitarian catastrophe with thousands of internally displaced persons, refugees and asylum seekers who could pour across North Africa and the northern shore of the Mediterranean.
Italian Caritas supports a number of years the business Caritas of all North Africa and in particular the small and the work of Libya Caritas Christian community that actively works in silence, in particular in assisting African migrants who manage to survive after crossing the Sahara desert. It was also triggered by two years a discussion table with the Caritas of the countries bordering the Mediterranean. All this in the belief that the challenges of migrants can face only one set and a transnational, involving the countries of departure, transit and destination of migrants. In this period are constant links with the director of Caritas Libya Laoyon Arcebuche Father Alan, who unfortunately can not wait as all outcomes of the clashes taking place. At the national level, Caritas Italian from the first moment shared in the National Council of 15 to 16 February 2011, the next steps, which have experienced the following developments:
1. Continue the contact with the pastor of Lampedusa, the archbishop and the diocesan Caritas of Agrigento, the regional delegation of Caritas of Sicily.
2. Monitor the evolution of the situation in Lampedusa. It was immediately organized a mission there to monitor the operations of acceptance and transfer of migrants and to check the activities of the center of first aid and reception site in the town of Pozzallo, diocese of Noto, where guests are also some minor joints with recent landings from Egypt and Tunisia. For the latter, Italian Caritas supports an animation project, waiting to be transferred to appropriate shelters.
3. Italian Caritas is actively participating with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) at a table sponsored by the Ministry of Interior to jointly establish a plan to host an extraordinary about face 6 000 Tunisians arrived on our shores and those who are expected to arrive in the next several weeks.
4. In recent meetings, the Minister of Interior informed about the intention to transfer in that base all asylum seekers from various CARA (Centers for asylum seekers) in the area to make room for new arrivals to our shores and the opposition has been expressed of the three organizations stressing instead the need to use as Mineo CDA (Reception Centre), however, with direct procurement, management of the Centre for Mineo was given to the Red Cross while the above organizations, including the Italian Caritas, have given their approval for a presence in the Centre for listening activities protection, assistance and guidance for migrants and possible asylum seekers, on time and in the manner deemed most appropriate.
5. Waiting for answers, Italian Caritas meanwhile is preparing to support a permanent presence in Lampedusa, and possibly in the center of Mineo (once you know the destination of the center), especially in anticipation of the arrivals, which are expected for the next few weeks.
6. At local level, the diocesan Caritas are mapped structures available in their territories to ensure a ready acceptance in the event of failure of the system implemented by the Government. Italian Caritas and Caritas diocesan, and hope that all diplomatic means are in place because the killing to stop, and to become established democratic governments are able to meet the legitimate aspirations of local people of freedom and respect for human rights, are preparing for an emergency that Europe will have to share. In the knowledge that - by joining forces and sharing the experience gained in recent years - will then be called to a subsequent hard work of rebuilding that needs to be addressed in Libya and in North Africa.
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