(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 22 - The Italian government is astonished
at news that Germany is set to fund NGOs rescuing migrants at
sea and helping them in Italy too, and demands clarification,
sources at the office of Premier Giorgia Meloni said Friday.
The sources voiced "great astonishment at the news reported by
ANSA according to which a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of
the Federal Republic of Germany has announced imminent funding
to NGOs for a project to assist migrants on Italian territory
and a project of 'rescues' at sea".
"The Italian government will immediately contact the German
authorities for clarification.
"It is hoped that the news is unfounded because the financing by
Germany of NGO activities on Italian territory would be a
serious anomaly." (ANSA).
Govt astonished at German NGO news say PM sources
Funding NGO activities in Italy would be serious anomaly