A Spanish warship collected 15 rescued migrants from an Italian port on Tuesday,...
MADRID - A Spanish warship collected 15 rescued migrants from an Italian port on Tuesday, having sailed halfway across the Mediterranean to fetch the small group in a high-profile maneuver that sharply contrasted with Italy’s refusal to accept them.
France, Germany, Luxembourg and Portugal had agreed to take the rest of the migrants but only Spain, which traded angry words with Rome during the standoff, sent a ship. After trading insults with anti-immigrant Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini - Spain’s defense minister accused him of a “lack of humanity” - Madrid agreed to take the migrants and dispatched the warship on Aug. 20, intending to collect them from the still-stranded rescue boat, Open Arms.
Spain says there was no point in calling the ship back last week and arranging a flight for the migrants instead.
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