July 10 (UPI) — Italy’s inside ministry has turned away a ship with 66 rescued migrants from one among the country’s ports.
the verdict to stop the Vos Thalassa ship from docking marks the primary time the ministry has turned away an Italian vessel.
The Vos Thalassa is a personal boat that serves oil rigs in the Mediterranean, but on Monday evening it answered to a distress call from off the Libyan coast, where it gathered the migrants, Italian media said. The Italian coast shield picked up the migrants after the federal government prevented the Vos Thalassa from docking.
Internal Minister Matteo Salvini said the migrants were “endangering the lives of the workforce” aboard the Vos Thalassa. That prompted their transfer to a coast defend vessel, Salvini stated. The coast shield ship is expected to dock in Italy and a few migrants is also arrested, Delivery Minister Danilo Toninelli mentioned.
The transfer follows an announcement this weekend from Salvini, of the Nationalist League, that he desired to save you all “global missions” from bringing migrants rescued off Libya to Italian ports.
Salvini has taken a troublesome line in opposition to migration, announcing days in advance that he desired to completely forestall all migrant arrivals to Italy by boat.
Remaining month, the new populist government refused to take within the Aquarius rescue ship, which carried some 630 migrants. Spain later agreed to assist the migrants stranded for days at sea.
On Wednesday, inside ministers from Eu Union countries will meet to talk approximately migration.
In Germany, Inside Minister Horst Seehofer has also taken a tough stance on migration. On Tuesday, Seehofer unveiled a plan to include temporary checkpoints the place migrants have previously traveled freely.
