“This is a very serious massacre, but you have the clear impression that it was hidden, concealed and forgotten,” said MEP Mimmo Lucano during a break in the trial on the alleged delays in the rescue of the gulet that sank in Cutro three years ago. Lucano attended the fourth hearing of the proceedings underway at the Court of Crotone against six soldiers from the Guardia di Finanza and the Port Authority.
«There is a demand for justice – he continued – which derives from the general situation that, over the years, has been created around the issue of migrants, i.e. people fleeing from wars who desperately try to reach our coasts. The words spoken by Minister Piantedosi in the aftermath of the Cutro massacre are emblematic: stating that in this way others are “discouraged” from arriving in Italy means, in fact, being complicit in these crimes and letting people die.”
«There are shocking aspects in this story – said Lucano – starting from the delay in the rescue: why was it intervened only after so many hours, from 11pm onwards? Hearing the words “we found a dead girl, a dead boy” is a punch in the heart.” Finally, Lucano echoed what was stated by the Calabrian bishops: «It’s true, the Cutro massacre has been forgotten. This is a dramatic event without equal in Calabria, and perhaps in the world. The Cutro massacre is the lowest moment of this Italian government: while the sea was still returning the corpses of the children, they were having a birthday party with Salvini. We must have the courage to say it.”