Migrants at the Villanovaforru reception center were protesting water rationing on Saturday evening. They took to the streets to complain about the precarious conditions inside the facility , and the Carabinieri had to intervene to restore calm.
And the mayor of the Marmilla town, Maurizio Onnis, wrote to Cagliari's prefect, Paola Dessì, to denounce the paradoxes of the reception system. The mayor's clarification was stark: "The problem isn't the migrants."
"Good morning, Prefect," Onnis begins. "I'd like to report the disorientation of the residents of Villanovaforru at the sight of the migrants protesting at the Extraordinary Reception Center on Saturday evening. They took to the streets to protest against the facility's water rationing and were persuaded to return to the center by the Carabinieri."
The mayor goes beyond "issues related to the facility's water supply, which fall outside the municipality's jurisdiction and which we cannot comment on." But he emphasizes "for the umpteenth time that 115 migrants (this is what we understand today) constitute a disproportionate presence for a resident population of 550."
The problem isn't the migrants " but the laws of a state neither capable nor remotely interested in integrating those arriving from another world in search of a better life. Returning to this specific case, I assume (simple common sense) that the CAS wouldn't have water problems if there were fewer guests. Who decides there should be so many?"