Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been appointed by US President-elect Donald Trump to head a newly created government efficiency agency, continues to cause a stir in Italy over his comments on migration. He described the German NGO Sea Watch as a “criminal organization”.
On his Platform The South African had previously criticized Italian judges for suspending the internment of migrants apprehended in the Mediterranean.
Musk’s brief response to NGO Sea Watch’s accusation about X:
Musk “These judges have to go,” Musk responded on Tuesday. The court in Rome referred the case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The judges said in their ruling that the compatibility of Italian law with European law must be examined.
Salvini supports Musk’s statement
League chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini responded to Musk’s post in English: “Elon Musk is right.” Salvini had previously denounced a “political judgment” that was not “against the government, but against Italians and their security.” The opposition parties accused Musk of meddling in Italy’s internal affairs.
By order of a court in Rome, Italy had to accept migrants again from a specially built camp in Albania. Seven men from Bangladesh and Egypt who were stopped while trying to escape to Europe were taken on a navy ship to the port city of Brindisi. The judiciary had previously ruled that it was illegal to intern migrants outside Italy.
Asylum camps in Albania are empty
This marks another serious defeat for the plans of the governing coalition in Rome. For Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the setback is even more serious than an initial statement last month. At that time, 16 men from the camp in Albania were allowed to travel to Italy. The judges now also ignored a new decree with which the government had tried to save its project. Apart from the staff, the two new camps in the non-EU country Albania are now completely empty again. It is unclear whether the expensive facilities – estimated operating costs in 2029: more than 500 million euros – will remain open at all.
Source: Krone
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