They closed the harbor to 65 immigrants rescued from a wreck

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini today confirmed his position as "closed ports" and badured that it will not allow to land on a boat from the German NGO Sea Watch which today rescued 65 people from a shipwreck in front of Libya.

"Boat of the German NGO, with Dutch flag, It collects 65 immigrants in the Libyan Sea. I have just signed an order not to get closer to Italian territorial waters", Raised Salvini Wednesday, reproduced by the public network Rai.

"Our ports are and will remain closed," he added. He is also Deputy Prime Minister, representative of the Northern League right and promoter of the fight against immigration in Italy.

"When you arrive at the search and rescue area, the ship's crew & # 39; Sea-Watch 3 & # 39; rescued 65 people from an endangered inflatable boat, spotted by a civilian plane. The Libyan, Maltese, Italian and Dutch authorities are informed, "the NGO wrote today on social networks.

Salvini reiterated his refusal of the landing of immigrants and rescued people in Italian ports, a position that has even generated problems with its five-star government partners.