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In the Mediterranean, an Italian Coast Guard ship welcomed 67 refugees. Some of them would have already taken measures against the occupation of another Italian ship
(afp) The 67 refugees arrested in Mediterranean by the Italian Coast Guard, have left the ship, according to Italian media. TV footage shows how the migrants landed shortly before midnight on Thursday and boarded a black bus, accompanied by police vehicles.
Earlier, the head of the Italian government, Giuseppe Conte, announced Thursday night that migrants risked "diciotti" leave as soon as their personal data were determined.
Refugees leave the "Diciotti" on Thursday night, which has docked in the port of Trapani. (Image: Igor Petyx / Epa)
The ship had docked in the port of the Sicilian town of Trapani in the afternoon. Migrants, however, were forbidden to embark. "I do not allow anyone to leave the Diciotti," Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on the sidelines of the meeting of EU Interior Ministers in Innsbruck. "If anyone does, then it's his own responsibility."
Tugboat suspicion on board
According to media reports, Italian President Sergio Mattarella intervened Thursday afternoon with a call in Conte to solve the situation. In addition, Italian media reported that the police had identified two people on board as a tug. The prosecutor of Trapani had then demanded to hear all the passengers as witnesses.
Salvini had denied the "Diciotti" on Wednesday first, creating in an Italian port. On board were 58 men, three women and six children. They were first embarked by the Italian ship Vos Thalassa off the Libyan coast.
Salvini is threatened with imprisonment
However, some of the refugees reportedly took action against the occupation of Vos Thalassa. According to media reports, the crew then locked themselves in the command room and informed the rescue center in Rome
Salvini had talked on Wednesday about criminals and violent pirates who were to be "handcuffed" to edge. Thursday, the Italian Interior Minister again threatened the refugees: "If there was violence (aboard" Vos Thalassa "), the officials will go to jail and if that's not the case, someone will have lied to it. "
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