The Sardinian mission that recovered a hundred Ukrainian refugees brought to Italy on two buses landed in Olbia this morning accompanied by Ugo Cappellacci, deputy and president of the Ukraine section of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and by consul Anthony Grande.
Only six evacuees are missing who tested positive for the swab before boarding the ferry and who were hosted in Covid hotels in Tuscany.
"I would like to thank all the volunteers and people who contributed to the success of the operation in various capacities and at no cost to the public purse - says Cappellacci. A special thanks goes to the engineer Fabrizio Curcio and to the National Civil Protection led by him. the reception machine was immediately activated, and to the Government which, with the declaration of a state of emergency, also ensured financial coverage for assistance and reception interventions in Italy ".
"In recent weeks in Sardinia, a land that suffers more than others the effects of the economic crisis following the pandemic - he adds -, many people are asking to be able to do something for women and children fleeing the war. This is the message of There is the strongest hope there is and the great lesson that even politics must treasure. We must have the same courage and altruism that our fathers and grandparents showed in the second post-war period in order to deliver to the generations to come a future of peace, security, of those rights and certainties that cannot be canceled by those who want to turn back the 'clock of history' ".
The refugees will be hosted in a hotel on the coast of Quartu Sant'Elena.
(Unioneonline / ss)
