(ANSAmed) - Rome, April 24 - Deputy Lower House Speaker and
5-Star Movement (M5S) bigwig Luigi Di Maio on Monday reiterated
his call for greater clarity on the "business of immigration",
after anti-mafia writer Roberto Saviano accused him of seeking
votes even at the cost of higher migrant deaths.
In an interview with the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano, Di
Maio noted that it was taboo to speak about immigration as a
business, since "many are living off of it", but added that he
wanted answers and "not votes" in calling for greater clarity on
the issue.
He stressed that there was no "aggressive targeting" of NGOs
involved in rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea but that
"we have raised the issue due to the many alarms received on
deaths at sea and the increase in landings. We want to shed
light on certain disfunctions - as does the Catania prosecutor's
office, which would like to open an investigation - and like
Frontex, the EU agency tasked with the issue."
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