After the rescue of around 50 boat refugees by the “Mare Jonio”, Italy-police officers, the control of the Italian auxiliary ship. “The financial police seized the ship “Mare Jonio”, that’s why she escorted, it is currently in the port of Lampedusa,” said the Italian interior Ministry on Tuesday evening. In the coming hours, the crew could be questioned.
The government in Rome had prohibited the ship to enter an Italian port. The “Mare Jonio” was rescued on Monday off the coast of Libya, about 50 refugees, while the Libyan coast guard was present. According to the data of the auxiliary Alliance Mediterranea the boat with the refugees got on Board, around 40 nautical miles off Libya in distress and sank. The organization has asked Italy in a vain effort to call at a port to Create.
Italy’s interior Minister, Matteo Salvini is at the same time, head of the xenophobic Lega and Deputy Prime Minister. He represents a hard line in the immigration policy and wants to limit the intake of migrants drastically. This has led in the past few months, conflicts with the rescue of the participating aid organizations. (fal/afp)
Created: 19.03.2019, 20:12 PM
