France does not allow the migrating ship Aquarius to dock: Min.

By Hajer M & # 39; tiri

PARIS

France will not allow the Mediterranean lifeboat Aquarius, currently located near the Libyan coast, to dock at the port of Marseille, said Tuesday the Minister of Finance, Bruno Mayor.

"For now, it's" no, "said The Mayor in an interview with French channel BFMTV when asked if Paris was ready to respond to charity requests.

The French minister argued that the ships were supposed to have access to the nearest port according to European rules and that Marseille was not the closest.

The migrant relief vessel, led by SOS Mediterranean and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has been refused by Italy and forced to stop in Malta and Spain in recent months.

Meanwhile, the French Minister for European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau, said Tuesday that she hoped that the EU found a solution in the day.

"Since yesterday, the ministers of the interior of the European Union … work tirelessly, I hope we will have an answer in the day," said Loiseau on French radio Sud Radio .

"We will find a solution," she said, recalling that other similar crises had been resolved in recent months by an agreement to share recognition migrants between several EU countries.

The spokesman of the French government Benjamin GRIVEAUX, tweeted Monday that the solution would come from "cooperation with our European partners".

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