Migrants, Libra ready for a new transfer to Albania. “Be prepared for at least 60/70 people”

Not just a new transfer to Albania, but the first “full load”. While new controversies rage over the costs of the operation, inflated by the five-star accommodation for the personnel stationed in Shengjin, the government of Giorgia Meloni keep going.

On Monday the weather should allow the start of operations, which have already been postponed twice. And certainly not for political disengagement or for postponement to EU Court of Justice of the new decree on safe countries.

A first “early warning” set for Wednesday was canceled due to the sirocco wave which raised waves of up to four meters and effectively eliminated arrivals. The second, scheduled for the following days, was postponed due to less than optimal sea conditions.

The arrivals in Lampedusa can be counted on the fingers of one hand, in international waters the civilian ships have only rescued a few small boats put to the test by the weather conditions, which, if they seem favorable on the coast, worsen on the high seas. Shipwreck weather, the sailors call it.

From Saturday evening the Mediterranean should return to being clement and after two weeks of storm it is foreseeable that many will attempt the crossing, both from Libya and Tunisia.

For the Interior Ministry, probably the optimal conditions to “test” the stability of the new decree, even in spite of the procedure pending before the EU Court, which the Bologna court asked to verify the compatibility of the text with the Union’s rules .

“A propaganda leaflet” for the prime minister Giorgia Meloniwho wants to go straight on Albania. And to the court of Rome, writes the Tomorrowa phone call came from the Ministry of Justice to say: “Get ready”. Translation, no respite awaiting the decisions of the European Court.

This time then, at the end of the selection process on the Libra bridge, there may not be only sixteen of them, of which four need to be quickly returned to Italy because they are minors or vulnerable. Those in Albania have been told to prepare to handle at least 60-70 people, hopefully more.

This means that the operations in the international waters in front of Lampedusa could last longer than the first time, when in a single night sixteen people were selected (poorly, moreover) to be sent to Shengjin. The number one target, according to rumours, is the Tunisians, in light of the repatriation agreements already in place, which could make forced return simple and rapid even after a hasty no to the asylum request.

However, the operation times cannot be prolonged indefinitely, otherwise there is a risk of invalidating the entire procedure. This is why the Interior Ministry needs flat seas and days of crossings. After the first failed test, the government wants to relaunch. And go to the test of strength on the skin of many more people who have only attempted to cross the sea in search of a future.