ROME: Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday (Aug 13) he was working to prevent two rescue ships operated by French and Spanish ...
ROME: Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday he was working to prevent two rescue ships operated by French and Spanish charities from bringing more than 500 migrants to Italy in the latest Mediterranean stand-off.
"I am at work in the ministry this morning to prevent more than 500 migrants from disembarking from two NGO boats, one French and one Spanish," Salvini wrote on Facebook.Earlier this month, Salvini introduced a new law hiking fines for ships that enter Italian waters without authorization to up to 1 million euros . It also provides for the arrest of captains who ignore orders to stay away and calls on naval authorities to seize their boats automatically.
The United Nations' refugee agency called on European governments to intervene, warning that storms were approaching.
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