France says Italy’s ban on migrant charity ship is ‘unacceptable’
Rome, Italy/Paris, France Reuters France on Wednesday criticised Italy’s refusal to let a charity ship carrying over 200 migrants dock in its ports, as the two countries disagreed on where they should disembark. The Ocean Viking vessel has been at sea for more than two weeks since its first rescue in the central Mediterranean and […]
Migrant charity ship spurned by Italy heads to France
Rome, ItalyReuters A migrant rescue ship with more than 200 people on board headed to France on Tuesday after Italy refused it permission to dock as its new right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attempts to crack down on migration across the Mediterranean. Meloni’s two-week-old government has told charity vessels to take rescued people to other […]
Italy demands countries take responsibility for migrant rescue boats
Rome, ItalyReuters A row escalated on Friday over who should take care of migrants rescued by charity groups off the Italian coast, with Italy insisting that countries whose flag was flown by the boats should bear some of the responsibility and Norway disagreeing. Three charity vessels holding almost 1,000 migrants have been at sea off […]
Over 1,150 migrants rescued off Italy as new government mulls ban on two NGO ships
Rome, ItalyReuters Two migrants were found dead and more than 1,150 were rescued off Sicily, the coast guard said on Wednesday, as the new nationalist government in Rome threatened to prevent two refugee boats run by charities from entering Italian waters. The coast guard said 663 people and two bodies were picked up from a […]
Rescue boat with hundreds of migrants on board asks EU to find it a port
Rome, ItalyReuters A charity group asked the European Union on Tuesday to find a port where it can dock to disembark hundreds of migrants it has rescued in the central Mediterranean over recent days. Some 572 people, including 183 minors, are currently onboard the Ocean Viking vessel, the SOS Mediterranee organisation said after it picked […]