Rama talks about Bruno Vespa, shows details from the Albania-Italy agreement for refugees

2023-11-06 22:57:56Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Rama talks about Bruno Vespa, shows details from the Albania-Italy agreement for
Rama talks about Bruno Vespa

Prime Minister Edi Rama gave an interview to journalist Bruno Vespa in the show "Cinque Minuti", in which he spoke about the cooperation agreement signed with Italy for the reception of refugees in the Port of Shengjin.

Rama said that it is a question of a reception center and a post where all verifications, all registrations will be processed and that everything is done according to the well-defined criteria of the European Union.

Interview of Prime Minister Edi Rama given to journalist Bruno Vespa on the show "Cinque Minuti"

Good evening Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania, who has just returned to Tirana from Rome where he signed an agreement, in a historic way, with Giorgia Meloni, which provides for assistance at two Albanian ports for immigrants who have been stopped either by the coast guard or from the Italian navy. Prime Minister, how did this agreement come about?

Edi Rama: Thank you for the invitation! It is always a pleasure and honor to be with you. This agreement comes from the simple gratitude that is always found within me and within all of us Albanians towards Italy and when Italy asks us to lend a hand, even though we cannot solve the great problem of immigrants, we are honored to lend a hand . That's it.

Then, the management of the camps will be Italian.

Edi Rama: It is about a reception center and a post where all verifications and registrations will be processed. Everything is done according to the well-defined criteria of the European Union.

During these days even survivors of the Nazi extermination camps like Edith Bruck, even in Albania there was persecution against the Jews who have always been inclined to welcome these people, as if they have hardened because they say that there is a possibility that they will arrive from Muslim countries terrorists or people who are against Jews. What do you think about this?

Edi Rama: You are asking me a question with an extraordinary weight on an issue, which unfortunately is becoming more and more complicated and which is precisely the issue of how to be a Europe of values ​​and rights that are very expensive for us and at the same time we manage to stand out between those who really avoid the risk of death and those who benefit or fall prey to the traffickers and even the networks that supply this type of traffic.

There are European countries, which are expressly closed to the idea of ​​receiving people of other religious beliefs, of other colors, but we have seen that when it came to the Ukrainian refugees, they were very open to receive them, because after all, they were white and they were Christians. Meanwhile, there are other realities in European countries like Switzerland, and not only have they always been open arms to welcome everyone without any distinction, but they are going through a very difficult moment.

30 years ago, it was the Albanians who came to Italy in large numbers as immigrants, while now it is the other way around. Many Italians come to Albania to invest in Albania and to work in Albania.

Edi Rama: If today, Albania is a destination for Italy and if today Albanians in Italy, but also in Albania have a future, this comes in large part from the fact that when we were refugees, when we were leaving hell, Italy he waited and gave us what is the most precious thing for a human being, the future. And looking to the future, people are all human beings, whether they are Muslim or Christian, but finding a balance here is a very complicated matter.

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The Port of Shengjin will serve as a reception center for refugees arriving in Italy from third countries. The agreement was signed in Rome between the two prime ministers, Giorgia Meloni and the head of the Albanian government Edi Rama. According to the cooperation protocol, this center is expected to be ready in the Spring of the coming year and will handle every month the asylum requests of about 3,000 refugees who arrive in Lampedusa from Africa and the Middle East and have overpopulated the small Italian island.


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