[Picture from the same article - copyright beppegrillo.it,
16/11/2012]
16.11.2012.
"I’m the new mayor of the islands of Lampedusa and Linosa. I was elected
in May and on 3 November 21 cadavers were consigned to me. These are people who
have drowned while they were attempting to reach Lampedusa and for me this is
something that is unbearable. For Lampedusa it’s an enormous burden of sadness.
Going through the Prefecture, we’ve had to ask for help from the mayors of the
province so as to be able to give a dignified burial to the last 11 bodies,
because our cemetery has no more spaces available.
We
will create more spaces. But I’m asking everyone this question: how big does
the cemetery of my island have to be? I cannot understand how such a tragedy
can be considered normal. How is it possible to remove from everyday life, the
idea, for example, that 11 people, including 8 really young women and two kids
aged 11 and 13 can die all together as happened last Saturday, during a voyage
that should have been the beginning of a new life for them? 76 of them were
saved but there were 115 in all.
