ITALY PERSPECTIVE

Rome is the only country in the panel with the survivors' voice. ANSA reports the words of the 32 rescued people who arrived at molo Favarolo in Lampedusa: "Siamo partiti in 110" -- we left as 110. That number, slightly higher than the 105 reported by NGOs, comes from the people who were actually on the boat. It's the difference between an NGO statistic and a human testimony.

ANSA details the rescue operation: coast guard patrol boat Cp327, assisted by sailing vessels Ievoli Grey and Saavedra Tide. Military personnel recovered two bodies. The Italian outlet is the only one to name the rescue boats, describe the arrival at Lampedusa, give materiality to the operation.

But the framing is revealing: ANSA describes the shipwreck as occurring "in area SAR libica" -- in the Libyan search and rescue zone. This technical detail is a political position. If the wreck occurred in Libya's SAR zone, responsibility for rescue falls on Libya, not Italy. It's the same framing the Meloni government uses to justify funding Libyan coast guards.

For Italy, Lampedusa isn't a disaster site but a permanent reception desk. Every shipwreck is handled with the routine efficiency of an emergency service that never stops -- and that routine may be the cruelest form of the indifference the pope denounces 300 km away.