You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed https://www.facebook.com/paginaufficialeComunediCrotone Crotone Summer Fest 2025 is preparing to welcome one of the most beloved voices of the Italian music scene: Nina Zilli. On Wednesday 6 August, starting at 9.30 p.m., the artist will take the stage in Piazzale Ultras with her overwhelming energy and a formidable band, giving the audience a concert full of emotions and big hits. From soul to pop, passing through vintage sounds and contemporary atmospheres, Nina Zilli will bring to Crotone her unmistakable style and the best of her repertoire. Free entrance. Street viewInterestedMultiple eventsArmonie D'Arte FestivalAug 2, 2024 ParkCrotone Historical buildingCrotone CastleCrotone Last update: May 5, 2025 6:01 AMContent owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License Download OFFICIAL TOURIST INFORMATION SITE © 2022 Calabria Region Tourism and Commerce Department Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker A Universidade Federal de Pernambuco possui três campi: o do Recife distribuídos na capital e no interior do estado agregam 100 cursos de graduação presenciais regulares: 83 cursos de graduaçã.. consiste em um sistema informatizado gerenciado pelo MEC para seleção de candidatos a vagas em cursos de gra.. A Coordenação de Concursos Docentes tem como atribuição gerir atividades relacionadas aos concursos públicos de provas e títulos para cargos de magist.. A Universidade Federal de Pernambuco possui 100 cursos de graduação distribuídos nos campi do Recife A Universidade Federal de Pernambuco oferece à comunidade acadêmica uma série de cursos seqüenciais que são um conjunto de atividades sistemáticas de .. A produção científica da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco é considerada uma das melhores do Brasil Promover a convergência entre as competências tecnológicas da UFPE e as demandas da sociedade gerando parcerias e interações baseadas na confiança e .. UFPE © Copyright 2025 - Todos os direitos reservados It will be Gaia, an Italian-Brazilian singer-songwriter and one of the most interesting voices of the new Italian pop scene, who will inaugurate Crotone Summer Fest 2025 with an eagerly awaited free concert scheduled for 31 July in Piazzale Ultras. After making herself known to the general public thanks to her participation in the talent shows X Factor and Amici, Gaia has conquered the charts with songs that mix international sounds, contemporary lyrics and South American influences. Her most recent Sanremo success, ‘Chiamo io chiami tu’, has also gone viral for its intense choreographic performance by Carlos Diaz Gandia. MuseumCrotone 14 Apr 2025 18:30:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Crotone won 3–2 over Foggia on Mon Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are Crotone 3 win(s) Have scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches Haven't scored in their last 3 matches 14 Apr 2025 18:30:00 GMT?Crotone won 3–2 over Foggia on Mon 14 Apr 2025 18:30:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches Crotone is playing home against Foggia on Mon organises the Crotone International Carnival Race & Italy Optimist Trophy: the ‘’Carnival Regatta‘’ 2025 one of the most eagerly awaited sailing competitions in southern Italy The ‘’Carnival Regatta‘’, the international sailing competition organised by the local Circolo Velico in collaboration with BPER, will be held in Crotone from 1 to 4 March.   Street viewInterestedSport58th Strait CrossingJul 31, 2022 Jul 18 - 21 Sep other dates: Jul 19, 2025, Jul 20, 2025, Aug 25, 2025, Aug 26, 2025, Aug 27, 2025, Aug 28, 2025, Aug 29, 2025, Aug 30, 2025, Aug 31, 2025, Sep 20, 2025 and Sep 21, 2025 Last update: Mar 4, 2025 6:01 AMContent owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License For three days, the Pythagoras Museum and Gardens in Crotone will become the beating heart of the ‘’Spaces of Freedom‘’ exhibition, a cycle of events dedicated to historical memory, civil culture and the value of freedom. Three symbolic days - Liberation Day, International Jazz Day and Labour Day - mark a path that weaves together reflection, art, music and sociality. The aim is to promote active participation, rediscover a sense of community and remind, especially the new generations, of the importance of values such as democracy, solidarity and civic commitment. On 25 April, the day opens with ‘La libertà ritrovata’, a meeting between words and music to pay tribute to the Resistance and the value of memory. On 30 April, music will take centre stage with the sounds of International Jazz Day. Finally, on 1 May, Labour Day will close the festival by celebrating the rights and dignity of work. Last update: May 1, 2025 6:01 AMContent owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License https://www.facebook.com/parchiarcheologicidicrotonesibari On Saturday 19 April 2025, at 4.30 p.m., the National Archaeological Museum of Crotone opens its doors for a special event: a journey through philosophy, mathematics and myth, on the trail of Pythagoras' revolutionary thought. The guided tour, organised by the Jobel Consortium in collaboration with the Circolo Filosofico Pitagorico, is an opportunity to rediscover the ancient face of Kroton, the city where knowledge changed the world. A narrative and enthralling journey that interweaves history, archaeology and reflection, in one of the symbolic places of Calabria's cultural heritage. Street viewInterestedGuided TourThe Path of St Francis of Paola - The Way of the Young ManMay 31 - 13 Jul other dates: Jun 1, 2025, Jun 2, 2025, Jul 11, 2025, Jul 12, 2025 and Jul 13, 2025 May 9 - 22 Jun other dates: May 10, 2025, May 11, 2025, Jun 20, 2025, Jun 21, 2025 and Jun 22, 2025 Last update: Apr 19, 2025 6:01 AMContent owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License The Crotone Summer Festival 2024 promises to be an unmissable event for all music lovers. Three super concerts will enliven Piazza Ultras, turning it into an open-air stage for some of Italy's best bands. On 25 July, Elio e le Storie Tese will bring their energy and unique style to the stage, promising an evening of fun and good music. On 28 July, it will be the turn of Boomdabash, known for their mix of reggae, dancehall and hip hop. Finally, on 31 July, Carmen Consoli will close the festival with her powerful voice and touching songs. The best thing about all this? All events are free! Last update: Jul 5, 2024 6:00 AMContent owned by the Calabria Region | Tourism and Commerce Department issued under CC-BY License This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The anniversary of the shipwreck in Crotone on 26 February was marked by relatives and supporters of at least 94 people who died on the morning of that same day in 2023 and elsewhere in Italy: the names of the dead were read at public events and survivors gave their testimonies.Three months later it will also be the first anniversary of the Pylos shipwreck in which at least 500 people lost their lives and similar events will mark that anniversary Support our work: become a Friend of Statewatch from as little as £1/€1 per month Giuseppe Murabito: The Sound of Silence - Relitto della Maddalena Lofaro o Rigoletto, CC BY-SA 2.0 In the year after the Crotone shipwreck and several months since Pylos there have been a number of developments of which it is necessary to take stock These are far from the only migrant shipwrecks that occurred at that time The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that in 2023 the number of fatalities in the Mediterranean reached 3,129 with an additional 537 fatalities on the West Africa Atlantic route to the Canary islands [2] What is nevertheless striking about the Crotone and Pylos cases is how they illuminate the deadly nature of the EU’s border policies blame for the shipwrecks has been assigned to survivors who allegedly piloted the vessels and who are now facing prosecution it is also apparent that both Greece and Italy failed to uphold their search and rescue (SAR) duties despite Frontex bearing “coast guard” in its current name the European Ombudsman’s inquiry highlights that it is a misnomer as it does not have powers to fulfill that role without national authorities’ assistance [4] While this partly shifts blame away from the agency it fails to mitigate concern over its strategic endeavors and their effects to date Both cases echo earlier ones (in particular [5] and show that it is the EU’s policies of deterrence and deflection that are ultimately at fault was convicted and sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in Crotone (Calabria while three other suspects are on trial facing the same charges of causing a shipwreck facilitating illegal migration and causing death as an outcome of other criminal offences [6] Similar dynamics seem to be at play in the Pylos case where nine Egyptian survivors of the shipwreck (the “Pylos 9”) are under investigation and face charges of causing the shipwreck facilitating unauthorised entry and membership of a criminal organisation The Legal Centre Lesvos is representing two of the nine defendants: we demand that the 9 accused of the Pylos shipwreck be immediately released and provided with appropriate psycho-social support as survivors of a deadly shipwreck Charges against them should be dropped and an independent investigation should be carried out to investigate the circumstances of the shipwreck and determine the responsibilities and involvement of the Greek authorities and Frontex in the capsizing of the Adriana in light of their obligations to rescue and protect the lives of those on board.” [7] In the background were concerns about why two EU member states (Italy and Greece) and their respective coast guards had failed to conduct SAR missions that may have prevented loss of life -  despite receiving timely information aerial photographs and footage about the imperiled vessels from Frontex aerial surveillance aircraft and Frontex stressed that it provided adequate information to national authorities to prevent the shipwrecks whereas national authorities replied that the information received did not amount to a “mayday” call to prompt them into immediate action since the downscaling of EU SAR presence at sea in the central Mediterranean after 2015 efforts have been made both to subordinate rescue duties and a duty of care for vulnerable subjects to the policing of “irregular” migration investigations and post-disembarkation interviews [9] Authorities have also sought to limit the reasons for which cases should automatically be considered as needing SAR interventions (see below) concluded her inquiry into the Pylos shipwreck in which over 600 people died on 27 February 2023 calling for “changes to EU search and rescue rules and a public inquiry into deaths in the Mediterranean.” [10] Key issues raised in her report include the Greek coast guard’s failure to promptly initiate a rescue mission and Greek authorities’ refusal of offers of assistance from Frontex preventing scrutiny of what was happening from above: “Frontex made four separate offers to assist the Greek authorities by providing aerial surveillance of the Adriana but received no response The current rules mean that Frontex was not permitted to go to the Adriana’s location at critical periods without the Greek authorities’ permission.” The report is peppered with damning statements that may surprise people who have not paid close attention to developments in the immigration policy field O’Reilly noted that Frontex “should consider whether the threshold has been reached to allow it to formally end its activities with the Member State in question,” calls for which it has resisted to date She also highlighted that the agency’s mandate does not match its name due to its reliance on national authorities This would appear to be a call for the legislators to enhance Frontex’s SAR and coast guard role and capabilities and the timing is noteworthy: the European Commission recently-published its first evaluation of Frontex’s 2019 Regulation which was later examined by the Justice and Home Affairs Council O’Reilly also highlighted the “obvious tension between Frontex’s fundamental rights obligations and its duty to support Member States in border management control.” This root problem  is not unrelated to the ideological role played by Frontex to date in consistently pushing for tough border control measures as if they were of existential importance its risk analysis assessment that SAR operations may amount to a “pull factor” was key to downscaling and retreating the presence of EU rescue vessels in the Mediterranean the tension between formal and operative levels was revealed by a choice to disregard human rights conditions in a third country like Libya that the EU formally acknowledges as being unsafe for migrants whilst enhancing its rescue capabilities and contributing to establishing a Lybian SAR zone a policy choice to make sea crossings more dangerous to undermine the traffickers’ business model was made under the 2015 Agenda on Migration (including in the 2015 EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling quoted below) and later served as a reference for Italy’s efforts to criminalise civilian SAR operations: ““The Agenda set the goal to transform migrant smuggling networks from ‘low risk The Cutro and Pylos shipwrecks occurred despite advanced knowledge of the situation from a combination of Frontex aerial surveillance and NGO alerts transmitted to responsible state authorities The estimated number of victims in the two incidents was above 94 in the first case and up to 600 in the second one The dynamics of the two cases were different but they share a link to EU and member state efforts to reduce irregular border crossings by sea a cabinet meeting was held by the Italian government in Cutro followed by a press conference [13] during which murmurs among the press cohort arose due to  inaccuracies in PM Meloni’s reconstruction eliciting a response that sounded threatening: “Are you trying to say that someone deliberately wanted these people to die?” The Cutro decree was approved to toughen measures against so-called “irregular migration” and the leitmotif appeared to be that apart from smugglers/traffickers (who must be hunted down worldwide as the problem was their “vocation for leaving.” This is how Italian interior minister Piantedosi put it Piantedosi was on the staff of former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini when a tug-of-war over sea rescues (including actions of dubious legality) occurred during the short-lived Five Star Movement/Lega Nord government in 2018-2019 [14] and he authored the January 2023 law decree  that has resulted in several civilian SAR vessels being blocked and fined after the Meloni government took office Frontex exonerated itself from blame by highlighting how it had informed relevant authorities in timely fashion (submitting photographic evidence) and due to the presence of Italian representatives in its situation room in Warsaw but this reading withstands scrutiny only up to a point in light of evidence from the OLAF anti-corruption agency’s investigation into the EU agency The OLAF report (finalised in February 2021) was only made public by German NGO Frag den Staat in October 2022 [15] despite numerous previous requests for access the report’s content did not lead to appropriate action being taken to tackle irregularities enacted by member states in the realm of border control and sea crossings that are becoming routine there was a case in which irregular manoeuvres and delayed rescue at sea by Maltese authorities in 2020 (several such cases involving Greece were also reported) that led to deaths and returns to Libya (see below) was unduly downgraded despite amounting to a serious case involving human rights violations the resignation in April 2022 of the Frontex executive director was partly motivated by the report’s findings which provided evidence that the direction in which the border agency was moving raised problems Italian and Greek authorities squarely blamed traffickers and the migrants themselves This was despite evidence that questions needed answering about how events unfolded and why search-and-rescue procedures that should be standard were not followed The statements as well as legislative and investigative responses that followed deserve scrutiny particularly regarding the Cutro decree adopted in Italy intense pressure against NGOs in Greece and both states’ efforts to blame people who were on board (suspected of steering the vessels) for the tragedies Despite the court cases initiated against survivors and a conviction referred to above investigations into both countries’ SAR failures are due an inquiry into six coast guard officers is underway concerning omission of rescue and culpable disaster for not having intervened and launched a search mission despite notification of its situation by Frontex’s Eagle 1 aircraft it appears that political decision-making and the primacy assigned to the interior ministry (rather than the infrastructures ministry which is responsible for SAR activities) may have played a role Ombudswoman O’Reilly’s report on the Pylos case notes that the Greek ombudsman is investigating the case (investigation launched on 8 November 2023) “The Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) was present at the coordinates of the Adriana at the time In the immediate aftermath of the incident questions were raised about how the HCG conducted its response to the maritime emergency including allegations that its actions may have contributed to the capsizing There are different national investigations into the role of the HCG including an ongoing inquiry by the Greek ombudsman opened after the HCG decided not to launch its own internal disciplinary investigation questions were also raised about the role of Frontex.” [17] Cutro: SAR operations subordinated to policing The shipwreck in Cutro occurred months after an Italian coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni of the right-wing Fratelli d’Italia party took office in October 2022 The tragedy was preceded by the umpteenth law decree [18] adopted by Italy to obstruct civilian sea rescue missions the government’s primary concern was to clarify that the shipwreck was unrelated to the new measures an easy task because the shipwreck happened in the Ionian Sea rather than in the waters off the north African coast where NGO vessels are sometimes present this line of defence soon crumbled when other tragedies off the north African coasts unfolded in later weeks in areas that civilian sea rescue NGOs were being kept away from through obstructive tactics like assigning distant ports of safety in which to disembark people (contravening the law of the sea) temporarily blocking them and issuing administrative fines It also turned out that Frontex’s warning of the sighting of a vessel in peril led Italy to launch a police operation against irregular migration instead of a rescue mission a customs and excise police (Guardia di Finanza GdF) vessel set out to reach the Summer Love but was forced to return due to rough sea conditions which the coast guard would have been better equipped to deal with This behaviour reflects efforts over the last few years to limit cases to be dealt with through SAR missions considering elements like the way in which vessels appear to be floating at sea Pylos: sea borders treated as though they were solid The shipwreck of the Adriana fishing boat carrying over 700 passengers on the night of 13/14 June 2023 was the umpteenth case in which large-scale deaths resulted from unlawful procedures at sea by member state authorities that are becoming commonplace declaration of a state of distress for the vessel requiring the launch of a SAR operation to save lives at sea was delayed it appears that an attempt to tow the Adriana preceded the moment when it sank in waters to the south west of Pylos Solomon reported on the Frontex FRO’s internal report into the Adriana incident which included criticism of the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) on various grounds: Notions referred to above as instrumental justifications for state authorities not to launch SAR missions (which would technically preclude returns to third countries) applied the Hellenic Coast Guard maintained that the Adriana was seaworthy and had been drifting (without speed) for only a short time.”  The Frontex report notes that this disagrees with survivors’ testimonies as well as sea traffic data The Maltese/Libyan precedent: justice denied The Adriana case was reminiscent of a case (that of the April 2020 Easter Monday tragedy) reported in the aforementioned OLAF report into Frontex [21] which lamented the downgrading of a serious incident report (apparently by Leggeri himself) involving the apparent towing of a vessel by Maltese vessels towards Italian waters to relinquish SAR responsibilities It appeared that this move sought to avoid involving the Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer in the case (sometimes referred to in the agency’s higher echelons as “Pol Pot”) and to avert a diplomatic incident involving Malta Had Malta been duly identified and reprimanded for violating maritime law to delay a rescue causing deaths acting disloyally towards a fellow member state (Italy) and engineering an operation whereby a private fishing vessel returned the survivors to Libya (12 died Greek authorities may have hesitated before delaying a necessary rescue The above operation was coordinated by Neville Gafà, previously on PM Muscat’s staff (see previous Statewatch coverage [22] here) and asked by his successor Abela’s government to take charge in this case and admitted using a similar approach between July 2018 and January 2020 Not only did Gafà boast about his role in the pushback Malta also signed its own memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Libya in May 2020 after this incident following the Italian example which has drawn plentiful criticism the Times of Malta was perplexed by the denial of documents that were listed as annexes to the MoU when the reply to a freedom of information request submitted a case brought by 50 survivors and two relatives of the victims of the 2020 Easter Monday tragedy was shelved in Malta as a result of a technicality regarding the appointment of the plaintiffs’ legal counsel [24] Their case had claimed that the decision to push them back to Libya violated human rights under the Maltese Constitution the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights because Libya was not to be considered a safe country Frontex executive director Hans Leijtens followed up on what had been a welcome case in which Frontex had finally identified and publicly reported shortcomings by national authorities in relation to delayed sea rescues by mimicking his predecessor He questioned the Ombudswoman’s findings on three grounds he supported the view according to which “the simple fact that it [a vessel] is crowded does not qualify it as a distress case” which is particularly offensive in the context of the Pylos and Cutro cases he confirmed that communications with the Libyan coast guard would continue (despite repeated findings by courts that the country cannot be considered a safe place for disembarkation of rescued people) he noted that Frontex is not equipped to undertake search and rescue activities disregarding the fact that its risk analysis reports were behind the retreat and withdrawal of EU rescue assets from the sea after 2015 when efficient sea rescues were identified as being liable to amount to a “pull factor” This was because EU vessels conducting rescues were forbidden from returning people to Libya whereas disembarkation in EU ports would mean a rise in “irregular border crossings” and asylum applications lowering both of which feature among the agency’s strategic goals alongside increasing deportations (returns in official speak) when naval vessels deployed in security operations (like EUNAVFOR MED Operation Irini) enact sea rescues they now file reports to certify that their rescue operations do not amount to a “pull factor” the decision confirming the operation’s deployment from 31 March 2022 to 31 March 2023 (subject to reconfirmations) for the period from 1 August to 30 November 2022 “(2) Article 8(3) of Decision (CFSP) 2020/472 provides that the authorisation of the operation is to be reconfirmed every four months and that the Political and Security Committee is to prolong the operation unless the deployment of maritime assets of the operation produces a pull effect on migration on the basis of substantiated evidence gathered according to the criteria set out in the Operations Plan.” [26] In another claim that echoes Leggeri’s behaviour when he stated upon resignation that Frontex is a border control agency rather than a human rights body Leijtens stated that “We are not the European Search and Rescue Agency We are the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.” [27] It should also be noted that Leggeri has unsurprisingly (considering his conduct as Frontex executive Director) announced that he will run in the European Parliament elections for Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National party in France NGO aircraft Mediterranean flight ban in Italy the Italian civil aviation authority ENAC (which reports to the transport and infrastructures ministry headed by Matteo Salvini) issued five orders banning civilian SAR NGO aircraft (and vessels) from monitoring events in the central Mediterranean [28] The orders relate to five Sicilian airports (Lampedusa Trapani Birgi) and bear the title “Irregular migratory phenomenon by sea arriving from the north African coast Prohibition of the operativity of NGO aircraft and vessels on the scene of the central Mediterranean” an order that came into force “immediately” (article 2 “Fenomeno migratorio irregolare via mare proveniente dalle coste dell’Africa del nord Interdizione all’operatività dei velivoli e delle imbarcazioni delle ONG sullo scenario del Mare Mediterraneo centrale”) Article 1 (the basic measure) suggests that sanctions under the code of navigation including the administrative blocking of vehicles may be applied for undertaking SAR activities outside of the current normative framework disregarding past cooperation between NGO vessels and the Italian MRCC and coastguard beyond asserting the exclusive SAR competences of the Italian Coast Guard authority the explanatory statements to justify an unusual measure insidiously suggest that the NGO vessels and aircraft “unduly” intervened at sea and that such undue actions may endanger the physical health of migrants “not assisted according to the protocols that are in force which have been approved by the maritime authority” Sea-Watch responded by noting that the order was unlawful and sought to conceal rights violations at sea undertaking a monitoring flight two days later lawyer and academic Fulvio Vassallo Paleologo explained [30] that there is a lack of legal basis in the orders which amount to allowing ample margins of discretion to the infrastructures ministry as regards sanctions and possible fines and/or administrative stops the National Authority of Civil Aviation (ENAC) has acted beyond its competences and powers because the international normative framework referred to does not authorise prohibitions of necessary search and rescue activities also because their spotting work has sometimes resulted in Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre-led rescue operations the criminal court in Kalamata dismissed the charges against nine Egyptians accused of  smuggling and facilitating illegal entry in relation to the Pylos shipwreck declaring itself incompetent to adjudicate charges of membership of a criminal organisation The decision results from a claim by the defence that the court lacked juridisdiction because the incident happened in international waters [30] Dismissal of the charges on this technical ground prevented scrutiny of substantive aspects of the case linked to the intervention of the Greek coast guard and manoeuvres (including a claimed towing attempt) that may have played a part in the outcome Two Hellenic Coast Guard officers (including the captain of HCG Vessel 920) were also questioned but their involvement was limited to establishing the location of their intervention rather than delving into their acts and possible omissions The Legal Centre Lesvos statement concluded: While today’s outcome comes as a great relief in particular knowing the context of systematic criminalisation of migrants in Greece it is important not to forget the ordeal endured by the nine accused who despite having claimed their innocence from the outset were nevertheless prosecuted and detained nearly a year without access to psycho-social support.”   [3] Altreconomia, Cutro, una distanza incolmabile. Il reportage nel primo anniversario della strage, 27.2.2024, https://altreconomia.it/cutro-una-distanza-incolmabile-il-reportage-nel-primo-anniversario-della-strage/ [4] European Ombudsman, Decision on how the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) complies with its fundamental rights obligations with regard to search and rescue in the context of its maritime surveillance activities, in particular the Adriana shipwreck (OI/3/2023/MHZ), 26.2.2024, https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/press-release/en/182676  [7] Legal Centre Lesvos, LCL lawyers take over defence of 2 survivors accused of the Adriana shipwreck, 16.10.2023, https://legalcentrelesvos.org/2023/10/16/lcl-lawyers-take-over-the-defence-of-2-survivors-accused-of-the-adriana-shipwreck/ [8] Solomon, “It was already too late”: Frontex blames the Hellenic Coast Guard for the Pylos shipwreck, 1.2.2024, https://wearesolomon.com/mag/format/feature/it-was-already-too-late-frontex-blames-the-hellenic-coast-guard-for-the-pylos-shipwreck/ [9] SOS Mediterranee press statement, 6.12.2023, “Decreto Piantedosi: le Ong pagano il prezzo del disinteresse per il diritto marittimo”, https://sosmediterranee.it/focus-sul-decreto-piantedosi-le-ong-pagano-il-prezzo-del-disinteresse-per-il-diritto-marittimo/ [10] European Ombudsman, Decision on how the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) complies with its fundamental rights obligations with regard to search and rescue in the context of its maritime surveillance activities, in particular the Adriana shipwreck (OI/3/2023/MHZ), 26.2.2024, https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/press-release/en/182676 [11] Statewatch, Italy renews Memorandum with Libya, as evidence of a secret Malta-Libya deal surfaces, March 2020, https://www.statewatch.org/analyses/2020/italy-renews-memorandum-with-libya-as-evidence-of-a-secret-malta-libya-deal-surfaces/ Statewatch, Malta-Libya Memorandum of Understanding, June 2020, https://www.statewatch.org/media/documents/news/2020/jun/malta-libya-mou-immigration.pdf [14] Statewatch, Italy’s redefinition of sea rescue as a crime draws on EU policy for inspiration, April 2019, http://www.statewatch.org/media/documents/analyses/no-341-italy-salvini-boats-directive.pdf ; Cutro decree “Disposizioni urgenti in materia di flussi di ingresso legale dei lavoratori stranieri e di prevenzione e contrasto all'immigrazione irregolare”; decreto-legge 5 ottobre 2023 133 reca misure urgenti in materia di immigrazione e protezione internazionale e per il supporto alle politiche di sicurezza e la funzionalità del Ministero dell'interno” [15] FragdenStaat, OLAF Final Report on Frontex, CASE No OC/2021/0451/A1, October 2022, https://fragdenstaat.de/dokumente/23397 -olaf-final-report-on-frontex/ https://fragdenstaat.de/en/blog/2022/10/13/frontex-olaf-report-leaked/ [17] European Ombudsman, Decision on how the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) complies with its fundamental rights obligations with regard to search and rescue in the context of its maritime surveillance activities, in particular the Adriana shipwreck (OI/3/2023/MHZ), 26.2.2024, https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/press-release/en/182676 [18] Relatively recent measures include: Salvini decree “Disposizioni urgenti in materia di protezione internazionale e immigrazione nonchè misure per la funzionalità del Ministero dell'interno e l'organizzazione e il funzionamento dell'Agenzia nazionale per l'amministrazione e la destinazione dei beni sequestrati e confiscati alla criminalità organizzata”; Directive no “Direttiva per il coordinamento unificato di attività di sorveglianza delle frontiere marittime e per il contrasto all’immigrazione illegale ex articolo 11 del d.lgs 286/1998 recante il Testo Unico in materia di Immigrazione”; Piantedosi decree [20] Solomon, “It was already too late”: Frontex blames the Hellenic Coast Guard for the Pylos shipwreck, 1.2.2024, https://wearesolomon.com/mag/format/feature/it-was-already-too-late-frontex-blames-the-hellenic-coast-guard-for-the-pylos-shipwreck/ [23] Times of Malta, Persons of trust and missing documents: Malta’s secretive migration project, 3.7.2023, https://timesofmalta.com/article/persons-trust-missing-documents-malta-secretive-migration-project.1041371 [26] OJEU, L196/125, 25.7.2022, Political and Security Committe Decision (CFSP) 2022/1295 of 19 July 2022 on the reconfirmation of the authorisation of the European Union military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI/3/2022), https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32022D1295 [28] Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile, Ordinanze 2024 Sicilia occidentale, https://www.enac.gov.it/la-normativa/normativa-enac/ordinanze/sicilia-occidentale/ordinanze-2024-sicilia-occidentale [29] Sea Watch, Italy bans human rights monitoring over the Mediterranean, 8 May 2024, https://sea-watch.org/en/italy-bans-human-rights-monitoring-over-the-mediterranean/ [30] A-DIF, Dall’ENAC ordinanze illeggittime contro il soccorso civile nel Mediterraneo centrale, 8 May 2024, https://www.a-dif.org/2024/05/08/dallenac-ordinanze-illegittime-contro-il-soccorso-civile-nel-mediterraneo-centrale/ [31] Legal Centre Lesvos press release, 21.5.2024, “The nine accused of the Pylos shipwreck acquitted  based on the lack of jurisdiction of Greek courts”, https://legalcentrelesvos.org/2024/05/21/the-nine-accused-of-the-pylos-shipwreck-acquitted-based-on-the-lack-of-jurisdiction-of-greek-courts/  “Migration is a European challenge which requires a European response” has become a favoured refrain of EU officials and communiques While the slogan is supposed to reinforce the need for a unified EU migration policy it also masks the reality of the situation The EU’s response to migration – in particular irregular migration – is increasingly dependent on non-EU Billions of euros and 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gravitational phenomena off the Crotone Basin a forearc basin located on the Ionian side of Calabria (southern Italy) Our study reveals that the Crotone Megalandslide started moving between Late Zanclean and Early Piacenzian and was triggered by a contractional tectonic event leading to the basin inversion Seaward gliding of the megalandslide continued until roughly Late Gelasian and then resumed since Middle Pleistocene with a modest rate the onshore part of the basin does not show a gravity-driven deformation comparable to that observed in the marine area and this peculiar evidence allows some speculations on the origin of the megalandslide Trænadjupet and Finneidfjord slides (Norwegian margin) Central Adriatic Deformation Belt (Adriatic margin Much more evidence is therefore necessary to address this question the existence of a still active large-scale gravitational collapse involving the onshore part of the basin would have social impacts as it would raise security concerns about the population of this area where the city of Crotone (64.000 inhabitants) is located The present study is aimed at resolving the existence areal extent and timing of the Crotone Megalandslide This has been achieved by integrating on- and offshore datasets acquired across the Crotone Swell and in the onshore part of the basin Subbottom profile cross-cutting the front of the megalandslide (Fig. 1B for location). Note that the basal thrust front reaches the seafloor, suggesting modern or recent activity. The profile has been acquired during the MaGIC (Marine Geohazards along the Italian Coasts) geophysical campaign onboard of the R/V OGS Explora in April 2009. (A) GPS velocities superposed to the interpolated map of south-north displacements referred to SERS (B) Average west-east ground movements obtained by SAR-based interferometry over the 2011–2014 period Black squares show the positions of the GPS stations with the arrows providing the direction and magnitude of the horizontal displacement rate Inferred evolution of the seaward part of the Crotone megalandslide (not to scale), inspired by the F75_66 seismic profile (Fig. 2B) After a relatively tranquil phase of shelf margin progradation during Zanclean time (A) a tectonic event between Late Zanclean and Early Piacenzian (see text) led to tilting and triggered the gravity-driven movement (B) A minor landslide formed on top of the already moving megalandslide Piacenziant to Gelasian deposits accumulate above the scar and the proximal part of the minor landslide during a long-term phase of relatively slow movement of the megalandslide (D) A continuous sediment drape accumulated during an inferred phase of paucity of movement during Calabrian time (E) the movement of the megalandslide has reactivated with modest rate a more recent reactivation of the megalandslide associated with the regional uplift is favored the concomitant relative sea-level drops associated with the Late Quaternary high-magnitude glacio-eustatic changes may have favored the gravitational movement suggest that active structures and/or local gravitational phenomena involve the onshore sector further denying a radial gliding of the structure a significantly more modest displacement rate of ca 1 mm/yr would be associated with the most recent gliding phase (A) In the hypothesis that the gravity-driven movement involves the whole Crotone Basin the basal detachment surface would connect the frontal thrust with seaward-dipping normal faults found to the north Note that the dislocations associated with the normal faults are unable to justify the km-scale displacement associated with the frontal thrust the frontal thrust might have initiated as tectonic thrust during the mid-Pliocene tectonic event (see text) and be rooted at depth via a NW-ward dipping ramp in more landward position only the offshore part of the sedimentary succession would have been reactivated as gravitational collapse and no detachment surface would be present in most of the onshore part of the basin fill The availability of more subsurface data would confirm one of the two hypotheses presented above as well as provide a new interpretation the Quaternary seaward migration of the subaqueous part of the megalandslide in the order of only few hundreds of meters in the last 0.5 Ma seems to be very modest if compared to its Pliocene counterpart and therefore it is expected not to significantly affect human activities in the onshore sector of the basin recent gravity-driven phenomena along the modern Calabrian slope may represent the testimony of the modern low-rate seaward migration of the large-scale landmass an aspect to consider for any offshore activity A Kirchhoff post-stack time migration was then applied to the data by using information about the velocities obtained for application of the normal move out labelled in the original figure In order to obtain a better seismic image and avoiding artifacts such as smiles A band pass filtering was then applied to remove the random noise produced by migration Bathymetric data (Fig. 1B,C) and the OGS subbottom profile MAGIC31309_020 (Fig. 4) were acquired by OGS in the frame of the MaGIC (Marine Geohazards along the Italian Coasts) project The subbottom profile was acquired during a geophysical campaign onboard of the R/V OGS Explora in April 2009 using CHIRP II Benthos CAP-6600 system comprising 16 hullmounted transducers operating at frequencies of 2–7 kHz (submetric vertical resolution) All spatial data were gathered in a digital GIS Seismic facies and horizons were identified on seismic reflection profiles and correlated to stratigraphic data available from wells The conversion from time to depth in seismic profiles was done by comparing seismic data with closer wells and by using average time-depth relationships based on available interval velocities stratigraphic surfaces and faults were defined and their significance was interpreted Morley, C. 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Int J Greenhouse Gas Control 4, 928–937, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2009.12.009 (2010) Download references We thank two anonymous reviewers for helpful and constructive comments during the review process (OGS) Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale Environmental and Architectural Engineering wrote the initial manuscript draft and prepared the figures; F.A acquired and interpreted swath bathymetry and subbottom data; C.D.L. worked on GPS and interferometric data; all authors discussed and commented on the methods and results and contributed to the paper’s final version The authors declare no competing interests Publisher's note: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26266-y Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science Blog of the European Journal of International Law The Crotone shipwreck is another paradigm of the delayed/non-assistance saga that has been unfolding in the Mediterranean region at the expense of human lives what makes this incident different is its factual context While no distress call was placed from the migrants on the boat to alert the Italian authorities the use of technology by the EU’s Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) alerted the relevant authorities of a strong likelihood of an emergency that arguably should have been marked as a Search and Rescue (SAR) event there are countless incidents concerning drownings and facilitated push-and-pull-backs taking place amidst the use of and facilitation by technologies at external borders arise as to the nature of State obligations and responsibilities towards persons in distress at sea that epicentre upon the exercise of extraterritorial human rights jurisdiction and the nexus between the State’s capacity to act and the impact of its (in)actions It needs to be stressed that various facts are yet to be conclusively established as the reconstruction of events is still in process several others are still missing (approximately 20) what would be required is some action or inaction on the part of the SAR State for human rights jurisdiction to be triggered (as the sole fact that the migrants’ boat was in Italy’s SRR will not suffice) The definition of the concept of ‘distress’ the principal reason behind the human tragedy appears to be Italy’s negligent acts and omission to launch a SAR operation in its SRR zone It is unquestionable that sea crossings are placed under substantial aerial surveillance vis-à-vis generating visual knowledge by their ability to detect and trace migration movements One would have legitimately expected that such use would have enhanced the SAR capacities of States by providing early warnings and to an extent fill the vacuum of migrants’ protection at sea (I discuss this further in a forthcoming paper.) 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There are now about 60 survivors in the asylum seeker reception centre in Crotone Everyone has lost someone,” says Mara Eliana Tunno “There is a 16-year-old boy from Afghanistan who lost his sister He didn't have the courage to tell his parents she thought she no longer had a future in her country.”  MSF teams have provided psychological support to around 60 people and will continue to assist in the coming days Among the accounts from survivors heard by our teams there are minors who have lost their parents and family members There is another boy who spoke of losing his six-year-old brother to hypothermia four hours after the shipwreck.  While most deaths at sea occur along the central Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy where MSF operates the rescue vessel Geo Barents in recent months our teams have observed an increase in the number of people making the dangerous crossing from Türkiye to Southern Italy.  the Geo Barents was unfairly detained and fined by the Italian government Even though this measure directly targets MSF the real price will be paid by people fleeing across the central Mediterranean “This tragic shipwreck is a painful reminder that restrictive migration policies will not stop desperate people from fleeing People will continue to risk their lives as they often have no other option,” says Sergio Di Dato “The Italian and EU governments must stop criminalising migration and humanitarian assistance They must instead focus on providing adequate safe and legal channels for migrants and improved mechanisms to assist and protect people on the move.” MSF teams in Italy have been assisting refugees asylum seekers and migrants at disembarkation points for several years The team also offers basic services to all survivors including facilitating access to medical treatment providing information and referring vulnerable cases to the competent authorities our teams in Italy launched a project in Roccella Jonica to provide medical and psychological support at disembarkation points with a focus on identifying people with medical vulnerabilities to ensure their continuity of care Your donations pay for millions of consultations Milan need to add some key points ahead of the derby and face two lower table sides AC Milan face Crotone at home as first take on last in a tricky fixture Milan should be able to put the game to bed early on but we must always count on some unpredictability in these seemingly straightforward games Milan need the win to keep their top spot and need key players to get into form ahead of the derby later this month Having scored only his second goal of the season last week, Rebic will be looking to build some momentum to get on a scoring streak. The winger will need to be in top form as we have Inter Milan this month in a title deciding game hence Milan will need more goal threats than just Ibrahimovic Rebic has two golden opportunities against Crotone and Spezia to stat pad and build up his confidence As with most of the games Milan has played against teams in the lower half of the table our biggest challenger tends to be the goalkeeper If Cordaz manages to frustrate Milan striker force we become more susceptible to falling behind on a silly goal with the likes of Di Carmine and Nwankwo providing a serious threat to Donnarumma Cordaz is quite good in one on one situations and has amazing reflexes we need to score early and not underestimate them Ibrahimovic will be searching for his 500th career club goal and this is the perfect opportunity to hit that milestone The striker will also want to bounce back from his below par display against Bologna where he missed a penalty and looked rather isolated in attack The striker will 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anche mentre navigano su altri siti bounced back from their recent home loss against Benevento with a commanding 4-0 win in a diffucult away match against Crotone with Spezia scoring two goals in each half to secure their win Spezia took the lead early when Nicolai found Tognoni on the right flank Tognoni cut inside and delivered a cross that Fontanarosa headed home with precision threaded a perfect pass to Franchetti Rosada who controlled the ball expertly and finished with a clinical diagonal shot The second half began similar to the first one with Tognoni getting on the scoresheet after assisting twice He unleashed an unstoppable curling shot from the right edge of the penalty area Di Giorgio sealed the win with a fourth goal capitalizing on a well-placed pass from Fantinati who had slipped between the Crotone defense This marked Spezia’s fourth win in five matches and coach Claudio Terzi praised his team’s performance: "The boys delivered yet another excellent performance starting with the right attitude and immediately finding the opener They played with intensity and focus throughout This win is the result of the hard work we are all putting in together several players who had not started yet were given a chance and I am very pleased with their contributions We have a full week of preparation ahead of the Cosenza match including the Coppa Italia game against Monza and the league match against Frosinone and I will make sure everyone gets their chance because this group truly deserves it" Crotone fought hard but never showed anything close to the quality of a Napoli side who were simply looking to end their campaign on a high Goals from Arkadiusz Milik and José Callejon were enough to see Crotone relegated Crotone manager Walter Zenga has few positive memories from the San Paolo Stadium It was in this stadium in 1990 when Zenga misjudged a cross and allowed Argentina to advance to the final of the World Cup From Napoli's point of view, the match was a warm goodbye to Pepe Reina, who will be joining AC Milan in the summer also appears to be leaving upon the expiry of his contract this summer Questions remain around the likes of Insigne and Hamsik while even manager Maurizio Sarri's future seems unknown at present Napoli chose to give rests to Marek Hamsik and top scorer Dries Mertens who had both been showing signs of fatigue over the recent weeks but there was still more than enough star power to carry Napoli through to a comfortable victory Lorenzo Insigne and José Callejon were instructed to play more centrally with the width being provided by Mario Rui and Elseid Hysaj in the full back positions Napoli won 1-0 in the reverse fixture in late 2017 and strolled to victory against a side who had again left themselves a lot of work to do on the final day of the season Crotone were unlikely victors against Lazio and they dropped down to Serie B with a whimper Crotone came into the match occupying the final relegation spot in the league table and knew that they could still have been relegated if results elsewhere went against them earned an early lead in their match against Sampdoria effectively ending any hopes for Crotone's survival but they were dealt a further blow to their survival aspirations in the 23rd minute as star man Lorenzo Insigne played a perfect cross into the box who nodded the ball back across goal for his sixth goal of the season The energy had clearly been sapped from Crotone with Napoli's attacking trio running riot around the opposition penalty area with the likes of Allan and Zielinski coming close Insigne was key once again as he played another perfect cross into the box in the 32nd minute leaving Callejon with the simple job of tapping the ball home giving Napoli a 2-0 lead to take into the half time break The second half was indicative of the present situation with Crotone offering very little offensively but never really threatened Cordaz in the Crotone goal The only chance of note for 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crossings in the Mediterranean after a boat carrying 200 migrants broke up off the Italian coast shows the need for change on European migration policy "We have seen our policy mainly focus on externalisation policy strengthen the approach with leverage and conditionality because externalisation policies are leading to an increase in human rights violations and the number of deaths," she told Euronews "We have been clearly seeing in Crotone yesterday the only elements and the only solution that could avoid people risking their lives at sea is to increase legal pathways and legal access to the European Union." have requested that the EU do more in order to manage migration and avoid loss of life at sea the European Commission reiterated the position of EU leaders at the last European summit "Migration is a European challenge and must be tackled together and this is what we are doing," Anitta Hipper "There is a legal obligation to rescue and to ensure the safety of life at sea." the Commission proposed a major change on EU migration policy with its Pact on Migration in September 2020 but member states have since been stuck in negotiations An Action Plan for the Central Mediterranean has also been proposed to better coordinate search and rescue operations but human rights organisations say this is not the way forward Sunday's attempted crossing was not the first by migrants to go from Turkey to Italy by boat either - a longer route than usual EuroMed Rights says it is happening because boats from Turkey and Lebanon are avoiding Greece and Cyprus The organisation adds that some EU countries are making it harder for NGO boats to save people at sea The idea of an EU naval mission dedicated specifically to search and rescue is also FILE — A view of part of the wreckage of a capsized boat that was washed ashore at a beach near Cutro Nearly 70 people died in last week’s shipwreck on Italy’s Calabrian coast The tragedy highlighted a lesser-known migration route from Turkey to Italy for which smugglers charge around 8,000 euros per person Rescuers recover a body at a beach near Cutro after a migrant boat broke apart in rough seas on Sunday A picture taken by a thermal camera of a FRONTEX (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) airplane showing the boat that later shipwrecked off the Italian shore of Cutro Firefighters search among debris washed ashore by sea at a beach near Cutro after a migrant boat broke apart in rough seas A rescuer stands next to a vehicle with the body of a victim from Sunday’s shipwreck off the Calabrian coast Debris washed ashore by sea at a beach near Cutro Rescued migrants sit covered in blankets at a beach near Cutro Personal belongings among the wreckage of a capsized boat washed ashore at a beach near Cutro At least 70 people died in last week’s shipwreck on Italy’s Calabrian coast The coffins of the victims of last Sunday’s shipwreck are lined up at the local sports hall in Crotone Victims of a migrants boat shipwreck lay in state in a sports centre where they were taken Relatives cry on the coffin of one of the victims of last Sunday’s shipwreck at the local sports hall in Crotone A relative cries on the coffin of one of the victims of last Sunday’s shipwreck at the local sports hall in Crotone Italy (AP) — “Italy here we come!” cheered the young men as they filmed themselves standing on a boat sailing in bright blue waters They were among around 180 migrants — Afghans Somalis and others — who left Turkey hoping for a better The tragedy has highlighted the lesser-known migration route from Turkey to Italy It also brought into focus hardening Italian and European migration policies which have since 2015 shifted away from search and rescue Questions are also being asked of the Italian government about why the coast guard wasn’t deployed until it was too late testimony from survivors and relatives and statements by authorities the AP has reconstructed what is known of the events that led to the shipwreck and the questions left unanswered the migrants — including dozens of families with small children — boarded a leisure boat on a beach near Izmir following a truck journey from Istanbul and a forest crossing by foot an old wooden gulet — a traditional Turkish style of boat — arrived as a replacement The smugglers and their assistants told the migrants to hide below deck as they continued on their journey west Survivors said the second boat also had engine problems a European Union Border and Coast Guard plane patrolling the Ionian sea spotted a boat heading toward the Italian coast said the vessel “showed no signs of distress” and was navigating at 6 knots Frontex sent an email to Italian authorities at 11:03 p.m reporting one person on the upper deck and possibly more people below The email also mentioned that a satellite phone call had been made from the boat to Turkey the case was classified as an “activity of the maritime police” dispatched two patrols to “intercept the vessel.” The men navigating the boat told the anxious passengers they needed to wait a few more hours for disembarkation according to survivors’ testimony to investigators the financial police vessels returned to base without having reached the boat due to bad weather The police contacted the coast guard to ask if they had any vessels out at sea “in case there was a critical situation” according to communication obtained by the Italian ANSA agency and confirmed by AP it was just to inform you,” a police officer said before hanging up local fishermen on Italy’s southern coast spotted lights in the darkness People were waving their cell phone flashlights desperately from atop a boat stuck on a sand bank The suspected smugglers grabbed black tubes and jumped into the water to save themselves Waves continued smashing into the vessel until it suddenly ripped apart The sound was similar to that of an explosion Italian police arrived on the scene at 4:30 a.m. the same time that the coast guard says it received the first emergency calls related to the boat It took the coast guard another hour to get there bodies were already being pulled out of the water with people screaming for help while others attempted to resuscitate the victims There were dozens of young children on board the boat The body of a 3-year-old was recovered Saturday Among those who lived was a Syrian father and his eldest child but his wife and three other children did not searching for his 15-year-old nephew who had contacted family saying he was in Italy But the boy also died before setting foot on land and that of his nephew not be published as he had yet to inform the boy’s father The baby-faced teenager had shared a video with his family during his sea voyage and with the return of the Taliban to power The boy later continued to Turkey from where he tried multiple times to cross into the EU “Europe is the only place where at least you can be respected as a human being,” he said but they gamble with their lives because they know if they make it they might be able to live.” Prosecutors have launched two investigations — one into the suspected smugglers and another looking at whether there were delays by Italian authorities in responding to the migrant boat suspected of being smugglers or their accomplices Particular attention has been focused on why the coast guard was never sent to check on the boat Frontex told AP it had spotted a “heavily overcrowded” boat and reported it to Italian authorities Frontex clarified that only one person had been visible on deck but that its thermal cameras — “and other signs” — indicated there could be more people below retired coast guard admiral Vittorio Alessandro said the coast guard’s boats are made to withstand rough seas and that they should have gone out at least to check whether the boat needed any assistance.” Alessandro added that the photos released by Frontex showed the water level was high The coast guard said Frontex alerted Italian authorities in charge of “law enforcement,” copying the Italian Coast Guard “for their awareness” only Frontex said it is up to national authorities to classify events as search and rescue “The issue is simple in its tragic nature: No emergency communication from Frontex reached our authorities We were not warned that this boat was in danger of sinking,” Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday “I wonder if there is anyone in this nation who honestly believes that the government deliberately let over 60 people die lamented how over the years the coast guard’s activities — which previously occurred even far out in international waters — have been progressively curtailed by successive governments “Rescue operations at sea should not be replaced by police operations “We can look and debate whether the (boat) was spotted whether the authorities were called and didn’t respond,” he said “But we wouldn’t be asking this question if there was a mechanism of search and rescue in the Mediterranean.” AP journalists Trisha Thomas and Frances D’Emilio in Rome Colleen Barry in Milan and Ahmad Seir in Amsterdam Milan compete their 11th signing of the season on deadline day and completely break the mould If you buy something from an SB Nation link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement Messias moved to Italy in 2011 playing for amateur teams Casale and Chieri before making his debut in professional football with Gozzano in Serie C he signed for Serie B side Crotone earning promotion to Serie A he debuted in Serie A where he scored 9 goals and provided 5 assist in the top flight despite his side being relegated The reported figures around the deal are 2.6 million euros for the loan and the buy out clause set at 5.4 million plus 1 million in bonuses The total cost if redeemed will be 9 million euros in the midst of his bike ride across the whole of Italy when Crotone manager Davide Nicola thought the feat he had promised to accomplish was actually unachievable he might have gazed for a few seconds at the spectacular Italian scenery before realising he had overcome higher obstacles and finding an unexpected boost Crossing the country on a bike in a 1,300 kilometre trip was just the side effect of one of the most incredible escapes Serie A has seen in years — the manager had vowed to cycle his way from Crotone to Turin at a time when he was probably the only one to believe such an achievement was possible back in January the Italian footballing world was unanimous in deeming the last three teams of the table as inadequate they amassed as few as 28 points from 19 matches boasting one of the worst attacks in Europe – 11 goals scored in their first 20 fixtures – were thought to be sailing towards a comfortable safety Nicola had spent the previous months trying to get his head around it in an attempt to revitalise a team coming off a fantastic but complicated season having outplayed their opponents to seal a historic first ever promotion to the Italian top-flight with three matches to spare But during what should have been a month of celebration the highest achievement in the club’s history was marked by a bittersweet moment instead Lured by his former club Genoa, coach Ivan Jurić decided his career needed a step forward Crotone lost the craftsman capable of transforming a team whose aim was to avoid relegation into a group of overachievers He did it by relying on a Gian Piero Gasperini-esque 3-4-3 formation the feeling was that the strong performances delivered by most of the team were closely linked with Jurić’s tactical and psychological work – a heavy legacy Davide Nicola would have to deal with from day one Read  |  Overcoming adversity: why Ivan Jurić can become one of Italy’s best managers just a few weeks after his arrival in late June the new coach was faced with a revolution in the transfer market despite owner Raffaele Vrenna saying “the choice [of appointing Nicola] was a well balanced one as his style of play is similar to Jurić’s” many key elements of the side that had reached promotion left not only the offensive stars in Federico Ricci and Ante Budimir a trio with 84 combined Serie B appearances in the previous season Crotone brought in a number of young prospects alongside more experienced players like striker Diego Falcinelli and midfielder Aleksandăr Tonev It only took a handful of games to realise the club was now part of a completely different reality and that the harmony of the previous year’s heroics would be hard to recreate They earned their first point in Serie A with a 1-1 draw against Palermo after four matches The joy of the historic achievement would soon turn out to be insignificant as after 10 fixtures the Calabrian side totalled a measly two points one of the poorest starts the Italian top-flight had seen in years which had lost several cornerstones over the summer But the realities on the pitch were not the only issues Nicola had to face Their 9,400-capacity Stadio Ezio Scida had been under renovation since August 2016 as it wouldn’t meet the Serie A security requirements the club found themselves travelling 600 kilometres for every home game Devoid of the warm affection of their supporters until October the team inevitably sank to the bottom of Serie A Crotone snatched a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina before finally securing their first ever win in the top-flight by defeating Chievo 2-0 These small but significant results marked a shift in the season — in the next few fixtures most opponents would find difficulties when facing the red and blues Milan and Lazio securing the three points in the closing minutes the gap from 17th-placed Empoli had grown to 11 points and The Sharks’ season seemed to lead to an obvious conclusion Rather than being a chance to strengthen their squad the winter market came to bring further discouragement to Crotone as Davide Nicola admitted that “no one is willing to come here” where men are more important than players and coaches the boss decided to cling to a hope only he could see Read  |  Benvenuto Benevento: a miraculous rise to Serie A We will believe until the last hope will fade,” the manager said after yet another loss owner Vrenna made a choice of paramount importance; faced with the possibility of changing his coach he decided to trust the work of the man he had handpicked over the summer The club’s perseverance eventually paid off as Crotone finally secured a morale-boosting victory which would become a turning point for their season they went on to beat Empoli in an emphatic 4-1 win that was a statement of intent — the Tuscan side’s advantage was now reduced to eight points and they would have had to fight tooth and nail to fend off a resurgent Crotone A seven-match winless streak followed up but The truth is that results were just a part of Nicola’s plan The coach had been working on his players’ psychology in the process as he probably knew the final sprint would be the most delicate and important moment a time when the favourites can lose their assuredness and minnows can upset the odds following a 2-1 win at Chievo that pushed the club to within five points of Empoli I’d be ready to cycle to Turin – it would take between seven and 10 days,” Nicola said before a crucial home match against Inter Crotone unleashed all the energy and belief they had been gathering in the previous months as they defeated Inter 2-1 and impressively put together a seven-match lossless streak but their opponents were anything but short of breath after their run — the Calabrian side lost 3-0 to Juventus in a match that would once again crown the Bianconeri as champions which saw them amass as few as four points in the previous 10 outings the Tuscan side were deemed as the favourites for safety — all they needed was a victory over Palermo whose relegation had been sealed weeks before But this was not of great concern to Davide Nicola who relied on the fact that Palermo would “want to show all their pride before their supporters” The team looking for a vital win against Lazio in their final match was with average technical ability but an unprecedented will to sacrifice for each other overcome obstacles and make a miracle come true to honour a coach who had never stopped trusting his players Read  |  Football against the tide: Italy’s island-mainland divide In spite of striker Diego Falcinelli having led Crotone’s hopes by scoring 12 goals it was actually an unsung hero who gave the Calabrian supporters their second unforgettable end-of-season party in as many years Before bagging a brace against the Biancocelesti and making headlines such as the “Italian Jamie Vardy” winger Andrea Nalini had only played around 700 minutes in Serie A Crotone had signed him from Serie B outfit Salernitana before earning promotion to the second division Nalini had spent his early-20s working two jobs; while playing in the fourth tier of Italian football for Virtus Verona he completed his studies and became a welder then made a move to a bratwurst company as a warehouse worker as my wages in amateur football weren’t enough so I had to find another job to bring some money to my family too,” he said in an interview to repubblica.it sacrifice and stubbornness: that’s why Nalini was the perfect fit for Crotone the final whistle in Empoli’s simultaneous 2-1 defeat sparked wild celebrations on the sidelines a club totalling nine points after the first half of the season managed to avoid relegation there was no doubt about where all the Crotone players were headed There was no trophy to hoist but a man to be carried in triumph — with messy hair and a shy smile on his face Davide Nicola was taken before the roaring fans he might have taken a moment to look up and thank his little-known assistant the manager would write in a Facebook post: “We’ve been fighting together in this complicated season you gave me the strength to keep chasing the impossible […]” That’s what the press and maybe even Crotone supporters had been trying to figure out — how could a man be so confident when you’ve faced life and its harshest lessons probably don’t seem that scary after all  By Alessandro Bai    @AleBai20 Some two weeks after the refugee tragedy off Italy’s Calabrian coast near the town of Crotone the body of a young girl was recovered from the water While 79 refugees were rescued from the Mediterranean The cruel deaths of the refugees could have been avoided if a rescue operation had been launched in time The tragedy throws a harsh spotlight on the murderous policies of the European Union which deliberately accepts such victims in order to prevent other refugees from reaching Europe the German government is planning to drastically reduce civilian sea rescue operations in the Mediterranean The breakup of the wooden boat with presumably about 200 refugees on board The coffins of the those who died were laid out in a sports hall in Crotone At least 57 of the victims were refugees from Afghanistan Many had relatives in Germany and other European countries who travelled to Crotone to identify their relatives and say goodbye led by fascist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni denies any responsibility for the horrific disaster “They shouldn’t have set off in this weather in the first place,” he declared cynically Desperation did not justify “putting your own children in danger.” it is known that a surveillance plane from the European border protection agency Frontex had spotted the boat in the late evening of February 25 Based on footage from the thermal imaging cameras on the aircraft and the detected draft of the vessel the crew concluded that there must be around 200 people on board which prosecutes “illegal border crossings.” However military vessels dispatched by the financial police struggled in a force eight wind and four-meter waves before they could reach the refugee boat and in a sea state that forces two military ships to return cannot but be in danger,” concluded the daily il manifesto on February 26 and did not reach the wrecked ship until an hour later dozens of refugees who could not swim had drowned During a state visit to the United Arab Emirates Meloni nevertheless said “the situation is as simple as it is tragic: we did not receive any distress signals from Frontex.” Rather everything was done “to save lives after we were alerted to the problem.” She added “I wonder if anyone in this country seriously believes that the government deliberately let more than 60 people die What happened Sunday night off the Calabrian coast was “not a tragedy but the result of this nefarious policy,” as Orlando Amodeo a doctor and long-time aid worker in shipping accidents who was also on the scene during the February 26 operation This applies not only to the Italian government The dead of Crotone are victims of the deadly “Fortress Europe” policy organized from Brussels and supported by all EU member states when two refugee boats sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa the European Commission was still promising that such a tragedy should never be repeated But these were nothing more than empty promises The “Mare Nostrum” mission launched by the Italian government at the time which was supposed to pick up refugee boats and escort them back to Libya was discontinued at the insistence of the European Union just one year later after nearly 100,000 refugees had been rescued from distress at sea and brought to Europe equipped them with fast boats and appointed them as coast guards This has since served as a European mercenary force intercepting refugees before they reach international waters in order to bring them back to Libya they are interned in facilities that German diplomats attested were “concentration camp-like conditions” in 2017 tried to close the gap left by the withdrawal of the EU and the Mediterranean states from sea rescue Under the false accusation that the presence of these sea rescue boats was fuelling the movement of refugees across the Mediterranean the ships belonging to private aid organizations were chained up and prevented from leaving port then-interior minister and now Transport and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini of the far-right Lega ordered Italian ports closed to private sea rescue boats and threatened draconian fines and confiscation of the vessels The regulations were largely rolled back in October 2020 but were reintroduced in a modified form by the new fascist-led government just days before the new refugee tragedy private rescue boats must immediately head to their assigned port after a rescue mission There must also be no other rescues along the way a quick return to the search and rescue area is not possible—with the consequence that considerably fewer refugees can be rescued The ink on the government’s decree had not yet dried when the “GeoBarents,” operated by the organization Doctors Without Borders received a penalty notice for rescuing 48 refugees allegedly in violation of the new regulations The “GeoBarents” was detained for 20 days and fined €10,000 The German government also wants to take massive action against civilian sea rescuers According to information from broadcaster ARD’s magazine programme Monitor the federal Ministry of Transport under Volker Wissing (Liberal Democrat FDP) is planning to tighten the Ship Safety Ordinance and humanitarian activities or comparable idealistic purposes” should no longer be classed as part of the leisure sector aid organizations that operate these ships will face enormous costs due to requisite conversions different insurance conditions and further requirements The smaller ships that can be on the scene quickly and rescue drowning people from the sea will be particularly affected “For the majority of civilian sea rescue ships under a German flag this regulation will mean they will have to limit or stop their life-saving work,” a statement from the NGOs Mare*GO Sea-Eye and Sea-Watch said of the planned measures the coalition government was “deliberately widening the drastic rescue gap in the Mediterranean,” the statement by the civilian rescuers continues “In the absence of a government rescue operation and safe and legal escape routes people on the run will pay the price for the planned legal changes with their lives.” The Transport Ministry rejected these accusations to taz claiming that the plan “is not aimed at hindering private sea rescue in the Mediterranean it is about safeguarding their work.” The supposed safety deficiencies of the ships deployed should be prevented and thus the “protection of life and limb guaranteed.” Since the beginning of rescue missions by civilian ships there has not been a single accident in hundreds of missions in which a crew member on board the ships has been injured the tightening of the rules of engagement for civilian sea rescuers is aimed at restricting the rescue of refugees from distress at sea the Transport Ministry is following guidelines developed by the EU Commission together with Frontex in the “Contact Group for Search and Rescue.” According to information from Neues Deutschland on January 31 this contact group called on the EU member states to “jointly consider” how private sea rescuers could be regulated It suggested tightening security requirements under the guise of “public order and security.” The German government is acting as a driving force here like the way it pushed through the EU’s dirty deal with Turkey back in 2015 to prevent refugees from reaching Europe via Turkey under which the EU pays the Turkish government billions of euros for its stooge services in fending off refugees proved to be the undoing of the refugees on the boat that has now capsized off the Italian coast told refugee charity ProAsyl the reasons why they had embarked on the crossing despite knowing of the risk: They had to flee Afghanistan several years ago because my uncle was being persecuted there and was not safe anywhere they were threatened with deportation to Afghanistan when the Taliban are in power in Afghanistan Turkey is deporting people en masse back to Afghanistan They had therefore worked illegally in a textile factory for a pittance to somehow make ends meet they saved money to continue their flight to Europe Legal channels were not open to them and “they didn’t get a visa fleeing from Turkey to Greece sounds easier at first And they heard from Greece that refugees don’t get any protection there but are stuck for years under miserable conditions No one wants to put their children through that.” who have once again become homeless because of the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and are left with nothing EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen who in 2020 described Greece as Europe’s protective shield and thus justified the use of live ammunition in shootings against refugees is now also explicitly praising the Italian government for its ruthless actions against refugees she states that Italy’s actions to “offer safe and legal routes to people in need of protection with humanitarian corridors” was a crucial contribution to the further development of European migration policy the EU is waging an outright war against refugees after consultations among EU heads of government Ursula von der Leyen announced: “We will better protect our external borders and prevent illegal migration.” In this context the strengthening of the closure policy includes not only the erection of kilometres-long border fences but also shameless cooperation with North African despots von der Leyen reiterated this plan and promised to support Libya and Tunisia in securing their borders against refugees “We will continue to support Libyan maritime border security and search and rescue capabilities and build similar land border control capabilities with Egypt,” she said the Italian government has announced it will provide Tunisia with 100 pick-up trucks worth €3.6 million to strengthen its border controls against refugees the Tunisian security authorities have acted even more brutally against refugees since they were incited to do so by President Kais Saied in a violent and racist speech Since then, thousands of refugees have been trying to leave the country as quickly as possible. In the process, at least 14 people drowned off the coastal town of Sfax last week, when two boats capsized. This brought the number of refugees who have drowned in the Mediterranean this year to at least 346 More than 25,500 refugees have died in the Mediterranean since 2014 A Crotone player suffered a fractured cheekbone after being attacked by his club's own supporters following a surprise defeat to struggling Brindisi including Napoli -- who take on champions Juve on Sunday -- Inter Milan and Atalanta who are all expected to challenge for the Serie A title this season was on Friday called up for Italy ahead of matches against Moldova Poland and the Netherlands between October 7-14 and the 33-year-old celebrated with a clinical performance that takes him to three goals in as many games this season He struck from the penalty spot in the 58th minute to put the hosts in the lead just nine minutes after Simy had levelled Domenico Berardi's first-half opener with a penalty of his own for Crotone 10 Times Nigerians lost billions to Ponzi schemes Big Banju makes powerful debut with emotion-driven Afrobeats single 'Ada' 50 Bible verses about hope to uplift you in difficult times The forward made it 3-1 with five minutes remaining after being put clean through by Berardi before Manuel Locatelli completed the rout with a close range finish deep into stoppage time The other match scheduled for after Sassuolo's win was postponed earlier in the week followed a raft of Covid-19 cases for the hosts which rose to 22 among playing and coaching staff on Saturday Both Napoli and Atalanta announced new cases among playing staff on Saturday with Gennaro Gattuso's side now counting midfielder Eljif Elmas among those with the virus after Poland international Poitr Zielinski was revealed as testing positive on Friday However Juve coach Andrea Pirlo said on Saturday that he didn't believe there was "any risk" of the match not being played "I don't think there will be problems that mean we can't play the match," he told reporters "We've prepared for the match like all the other teams have so tomorrow evening we will be ready to play It (the situation) hasn't changed anything for us at all." No Napoli players have been called up to the Italy squad with the Italian Football Federation saying that the decision to not select the club's players was a "precautionary" measure following the surge in cases Atalanta said one case "with low viral load was diagnosed within the team group" adding that the unnamed player was asymptomatic The 38-year-old joins on a one-year contract Despite constant rumors of impending sales from the Inter camp the Nerrazurri’s first two moves in the summer window have been signings First came Hakan Calhanoglu’s arrival on Tuesday and Friday now brings about an announcement of a deal until June 2022 with ex-Crotone goalkeeper Alex Cordaz MILAN - FC Internazionale Milano can confirm that Alex Cordaz has joined the Club from Crotone The 38-year-old goalkeeper was previously part of the Nerazzurri’s Youth Sector winning the Primavera Scudetto and the Viareggio Cup across three seasons He’s now signed a contract lasting until 30 June 2022 Cordaz spent the last seven seasons at Crotone splitting his time between Serie A (three seasons) and the second division (four seasons) He helped guide the Sharks to two promotions along the way Crotone struggled mightily and finished 17th the 92 goals that the Rossoblú conceded last season proved to be an infamous Serie A record Crotone’s atrocious defenses was largely to blame but Cordaz failed to paint himself in a positive light either Daniele Padelli’s confirmed and Andrei Radu’s possible departures leave Inter short in depth behind Samir Handanovic The Slovenian is still first choice in goal but Cordaz has all of the requirements of a suitable backup He has Serie A experience and could probably be trusted with a Coppa game or two This is far from a flashy move but it’s one that needs to happen to keep the gears spinning especially if Radu departs on loan to get the consistent game time he requires This won’t change much in terms of Inter’s pursuit of a Handanovic successor though Cordaz’s short contract may suggest that next summer will be when the big move in goal happens The bottom dwellers look to hold off Inter’s Scudetto celebrations for a week It’s only a matter of time before Inter is crowned Scudetto champions The Nerazzuri’s 11-point lead at the top of the table is practically infallible with five games to go With a win in Saturday’s visit to the Ezio Scida and 20th-placed Crotone any points dropped by Atalanta in its fixture against Sassuolo would also secure number nineteen While there are soon-to-be celebrations in Milan The Squali is stuck in last place with 18 points The side from Calabria is a lock for relegation after only one season back in the top flight and with the exception of two wins against 19th Parma Crotone has mightily struggled to compete in the top flight Despite the midseason sacking of Giovanni Stroppa in favor of Serse Cosmi Most worrisome from a Crotone perspective is the shark’s unorthodox take on defending It’s managed to concede an incredible 83 goals (2.5 per game) so far is much more suited to the rigors of Serie A Simy Nwankwo is third on the capocannoniere charts The Nigerian is by far Crotone’s MVP with 19 scored and one assisted Manager Serse Cosmi confirmed that the 28-year-old will leave Crotone at the season’s end and could make for an ideal fourth-striker on Inter and Junior Messias caused Inter plenty of problems in the reverse fixture The Brazilian leads Crotone with four assists while also chipping in eight goals and 3.09 shots created per match Inter bounced back to winning ways with victory over Hellas Verona last weekend A late Matteo Darmian strike was enough to seal the three points while both Juventus and Milan dropped points since as well The Nerazzurri have five games left to close out the season the Scudetto will officially be in Antonio Conte’s hands Crotone’s attack can cause even a defense as strong as Inter’s problems on its days The Squali had Inter tied at 2-2 by halftime though the Nerazzurri ran out 6-2 winners by the end of the day With Inter’s backline in its best form yet a more comfortable victory should be on the cards Achraf Hakimi will open the scoring early on and Inter will never look back in route to a 4-0 win Next round: Perugia – Palermo, Saturday 12 April CROTONE: Cucinotta, Tessitore, Pagano, Tosto, Galardo (22′ st Ambrogio), Loiacono, Buonacorsi, Sgro (22′ st Simigliani), Wukanya, Baena (15′ st Vrenna), Palamara (6′ st Bianchi). Subs: Borrelli (GK), Maffei, De Gennaro, De Rose, Lemos, Butta, Cantisani, Cacciopoli. Coach: Francesco Lomonaco PERUGIA: Yimga, Bussotti, Giorgetti, Ambrogi, Panaro (14′ st Perugini), Brunori, Dottori, Agosti, Casagrande, Polizzi, Barberini (37′ st Berta). Subs.: Belia (GK), Vinti (GK), Mori, Calzoni, Papa, Rossi, Napolano, Pirani, Cottini. Coach: Juan Moll Moll REFEREE: Gabriele Iurino from Venosa (Daniele De Chirico from Molfetta – Fabio Cantatore from Molfetta) NETWORKS: 16′ pt Baena (C), 9′ st Agosti (P), 17′ pt pen. Polizzi (P), 41′ st Simigliani (C)