Sicily Governor Nello Musumeci and
Lampedusa Mayor Toto' Martello will be received by Premier
Giuseppe Conte in Rome on Wednesday, sources said Monday amid a
migrant row.
Musumeci's recent closure ordinance for the island's migrant
centres amid alleged COVID fears was suspended after a legal
appeal by the government.
Martello, for his part, on Monday threatened a general strike on
the Sicilian island due to the migrant emergency which has
crammed its migrant centre past bursting point.
Lampedusa residents have protested migrant landings.
Martello met with local business owners to decide on the strike
Monday.
Also present at the meeting was former League Senator Angela
Maraventano.
But the strike was called off pending the talks with Conte.
There are now just over 1,000 migrants at the island's hotspot
and its 'Fraternity House' after some 200 were transferred to
Sicily.
On Sunday a boat with 21 migrants aboard caught fire off Crotone
in Calabria while migrants were being trans-shipped, and at
least three died.
British street artist Banksy's rescue ship got into difficulty
and had to be helped by an Italian coastguard vessel.
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