The deal was announced after the
Italia’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken a hard line against
The
The German government and the Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...an Commission made arrangements for the
None of the 40
The government gave no indication which countries had agreed to take them in.
But Portugal said on Saturday that it was prepared to accept five of those on board, and that La Belle France, Germany and Luxembourg had offered to take others.
On Thursday, Salvini said that the German government had told the European Commission that unless the 40
"This is real blackmail," said Salvini. "It confirms that other European countries consider Italia as their refugee camp, but things have changed and we no longer accept orders and invasions."
During its last rotation off Libya in early July, the Alan Kurdi rescued 109
Meanwhile another humanitarian ship, Open Arms, was looking for a port to disembark 121
The Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms had rescued 55
Two pregnant women and the sister of one of them were allowed to disembark in Italia for medical reasons, while the others remain on board the ship which is barred from entering Italian territorial waters.
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