Several official reports from the United Nations and other international organizations document the serious human rights violations suffered by migrants during their dramatic journey to Europe. Once rescued at sea, a series of International Conventions impose on the Government responsible for the region in which the migrants were recovered the identification of the place of disembarkation (Place of safety) and a precise obligation to rescue and assist the shipwrecked people: there where the rescue operations are considered concluded; where the safety of survivors or their lives is no longer threatened; and where basic human needs (such as food, shelter and medical care) can be met. Migratory flows, which have their roots in remote times, are a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that belongs to the history of humanity. In the last decade, however, migration is generating significant political problems within the European Union and strong social tensions. The main reasons that are still the driving force behind this phenomenon today are: conflicts between states or civil wars, serious economic imbalances between different geographical areas, the presence of anti-democratic systems which are sources of persecution and contempt for human rights, climate change and desertification and, last but not least, the drive of human beings to ensure acceptable survival for themselves and their loved ones. And it is here that the system appears neither ready nor organized because there is a lack of policies and programs that favor the integration of migrants into the host societies. Furthermore, several Public Prosecutor’s Offices have begun to investigate the existence of serious irregularities within the system, probably tainted by collusion with a series of actors belonging to mafia-type criminal organizations who enrich themselves at the expense of those forced to migrate. Migrants thus become the slaves of the third millennium, a vulnerable, invisible and rightsless humanity, often victims of trafficking and international human trafficking. First, victims of traffickers who unscrupulously abuse illegal immigration, demanding very high prices and providing substandard means of travel which in some cases become extremely dangerous. Then in the destination country where, after arrival, instead of inclusive policies, trafficked people can become a source of profit for those who should instead take care of their reception while respecting human rights.
The meeting which will be held on Monday 23 October starting from 7pm at the IPSOA Vincenzo Gioberti in Rome, which welcomes numerous second and third generation immigrants among its students, will try to dispel the incorrect distortion of a phenomenon at the base of which it is the desire of those who want to improve their lives by building a better future elsewhere, highlighting the complexity of this phenomenon in its political, social and economic dimension, which cannot find a solution only in an enforcement action but requires more specific policies wide range, not only national but at European and United Nations level.
