An Italian coastguard vessel stranded in the Mediterranean with more than 130 migrants aboard has been allowed to dock in the eastern Sicilian ...
ROME: An Italian coastguard vessel stranded in the Mediterranean with more than 130 migrants aboard has been allowed to dock in the eastern Sicilian port of Augusta but Rome on Sunday refused to let them disembark until a deal is struck with the EU.
The operation took place on the same day that at least 115 other migrants were believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off Libya - the Mediterranean's deadliest tragedy this year, according to the International Organization for Migration . However, Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has reiterated that the remaining migrants would not be able to leave the vessel until other European countries agree to take them in.Salvini, also deputy prime minister, has taken a hard line against migrants rescued at sea being brought to Italy, which he says bears an unfair burden in the crisis.
The proposal drew Salvini's ire because it still involved allowing migrants to disembark on his country's territory.Pope Francis on Sunday called on the international community to"act swiftly" to help avoid further deaths.
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