Her name is Luciana Sangiovanni and she is a judge in Rome. Head of the personal rights and immigration court.
Judge Sangiovanni did not hesitate to come in conflict with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and annul its decision to transfer 12 illegal immigrants from Egypt and Bangladesh from Italy to two reception camps in Albania.
The Italian judge cited the ruling handed down by the European Court of Justice on October 4, according to which irregular migrants from unsafe countries cannot be forced to return to them. And, by the way, Egypt and Bangladesh are not considered “safe” countries.
The Italian judge’s decision caused a headache for both the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the majority of European leaders, who enthusiastically welcomed her immigration policy. Melon: For migrant transfer centers outside the EU, a stricter asylum regime, easier and faster deportations, but also a review of the legal definition of “safe country”.
Meloni and Austrian Chancellor Karl Niehammer even called for even Syria, where a civil war has raged for years, to be classified as a “safe” country.
“Trump” EU
Unfortunately, under pressure from the far right and their electoral successes in many countries, Europe is becoming “Trumpian” on the issue of immigration, as Politico writes.
The protection of refugees, especially from unsafe countries, which was enshrined in international conventions 70 years ago, is limited to the Old Continent and is already a dead letter in Italy, Finland and Poland.
One European government after another is turning its back on one of the main guarantees of international law, developed after the Holocaust and the Second World War.
Europe breaks its obligation to grant asylum to people forced to flee their country of origin, fearing for their own lives: almost a decade after the EU found itself deeply divided over the Syrian refugee crisis, migration has soared yet again time at the top of political politics. agenda in Europe. In response, in part, to the growing popularity of far-right populist parties, which, however, impose their agenda across the political spectrum.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen – who just a few years ago declared that the EU would never fund barbed wire or walls to keep migrants out – is toeing the far-right line. He even said the EU could “learn lessons” from the controversial policy of the far-right Italian government.
It is the story of political power that claims to be immune to respect for the law and considers electoral victory as the only recognized “anointing of legitimacy”… I have the votes, so I do what I want! And it will always be a step back on the ladder of democracy, humanity and culture.
Fortunately, however, there will always be a judge like Luciana, who will defend the Constitution and international treaties, without giving up her role. And it will apply the law that upholds the ideals and visions of the founders of United Europe.