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Italy to seize NGO rescue ships as migrant row deepens
Source: BBC
Italy to seize NGO rescue ships as migrant row deepens
22 June 2018
Italy said it will seize two migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean, amid a deepening row over migrants.
Two German NGO ships carrying migrants "will be seized" to determine their legal status.
The move comes as French President Emmanuel Macron attacked the "leprosy" of anti-EU feeling, angering Italy's new populist government.
Italy sparked the fresh row earlier this month when it refused to take in the Aquarius rescue ship.
Carrying 630 migrants rescued off the North African coast, the ship eventually sailed to Spain after being turned away by both Italy and Malta.
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22 June 2018
Italy said it will seize two migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean, amid a deepening row over migrants.
Two German NGO ships carrying migrants "will be seized" to determine their legal status.
The move comes as French President Emmanuel Macron attacked the "leprosy" of anti-EU feeling, angering Italy's new populist government.
Italy sparked the fresh row earlier this month when it refused to take in the Aquarius rescue ship.
Carrying 630 migrants rescued off the North African coast, the ship eventually sailed to Spain after being turned away by both Italy and Malta.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44571150
The two ships work for the German NGO Mission Lifeline
