The unfolding "humanitarian disaster"
in Trieste in relation to the arrival and reception of migrants
and refugees travelling to Italy along the overland Balkan route
from Greece has been "deliberately fabricated", a local NGO said
on Thursday.
"In Trieste, the terminus of the so-called Balkan route, a
humanitarian disaster is unfolding that has been deliberately
fabricated, with a level of public irresponsibility that I have
never seen in my life," said Gianfranco Schiavone of the
Consorzio Italiano di Solidarietà (ICS).
Schiavone said that since the end of May, no arrivals have been
transferred from the northeastern border city to reception
centres in other parts of the country, putting the already
inadequate local facilities under further strain.
"There are 500 abandoned people, with an increase in (the number
of) unaccompanied minors, families, vulnerable cases and the
sick", he added.
Many of the people arriving in Italy via its northeastern border
with Slovenia are fleeing war and persecution, and they have
often also suffered abuse and maltreatment in transit countries
along the route.
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