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Shortly before midnight, migrants disembark and board a black bus accompanied by police vehicles
Source: AFP / ALESSANDRO FUCARINI
A ship takes off in distress near the Libyan coast . The crew called the Italian Coast Guard to help it. Some survivors would have been violent. Interior Minister Salvini announced consequences.
D The 67 refugees arrested in the Mediterranean by the Italian Coast Guard left the ship according to the Italian media. Television footage showed how the migrants landed shortly before midnight on Thursday and boarded a black bus accompanied by police vehicles. Earlier, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Thursday evening that migrants would probably leave the "Diciotti" once their personal details are established
The ship landed in the port of the Sicilian city of Trapani in the aftermath midday. Migrants, however, were forbidden to embark. "I authorize no one to leave the" Diciotti ", said Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, on the sidelines of the meeting of Interior Ministers of the EU in Innsbruck. "If someone does, it's his own responsibility."
According to media reports, Italian President Sergio Mattarella intervened Thursday afternoon to appeal to Conte to put an end to the situation. In addition, Italian media reported that the police had identified two people on board as a tug. The prosecutor of Trapani then demanded to hear all pbadengers as witnesses.
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Salvini had the "Diciotti" Wednesday by docking for the first time in Italian Port refused. On board were 58 men, three women and six children. They were first embarked by the Italian ship "Vos Thalbada" off the Libyan coast. Some of the refugees, however, reportedly acted on the "Your Thalbada" against the crew. According to media reports, the crew members then joined the command center and informed the rescue center in Rome
Salvini had spoken on Wednesday about "criminals" and "violent pirates" who were to be "handcuffed" on board. Thursday, the Italian Minister of the Interior again threatened the refugees: "If there was violence (aboard" Your Thalbada "), the officials will go to jail and if it is n & # 39; This is not the case, someone will suffer. "
Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the xenophobic party Lega wants to reduce to zero the number of refugees arriving in Italy. In June he had decided that ships badisting refugees on board should no longer be allowed to dock in Italian ports. Salvini also wants to extend this ban to ships of official international missions in the Mediterranean. He wants to increase the pressure on the other EU states for them to accept the refugees themselves.
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Italy is the main destination for refugees arriving in the EU via the Mediterranean from Africa. The complete isolation of the country is controversial within the ruling coalition in Italy: the left wing of Luigi Di Maio of the ruling party (M5S) rejects the closure of ports for boats carrying refugees, especially if they beat the Italian flag.
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