(ANSAmed) - ROME, MAY 17 - Deputy Premier and Interior
Minister Matteo Salvini reiterated on Friday that his
government will not allow NGO-run search-and-rescue ships to
dock in Italy after a vessel run by Sea-Watch picked up 65
migrants off the Libyan coast this week.
"First they were in Libyan waters, then in Maltese waters,"
Salvini said. "Putting the lives of the migrants on board at
risk, (now) they want to reach Italy at all costs. These people
are not rescuers, they are human traffickers and they will be
treated as such". The Interior Minister added that "Italy's
ports are closed and will remain closed for traffickers of human
beings". (ANSAmed).
