{"id":139206,"date":"2018-06-10T20:11:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T20:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/italys-matteo-salvini-shuts-port-to-629-rescued-migrants\/"},"modified":"2018-06-10T20:11:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T20:11:57","slug":"italys-matteo-salvini-shuts-port-to-629-rescued-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/italys-matteo-salvini-shuts-port-to-629-rescued-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s Matteo Salvini shuts port to 629 rescued migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Migrants disembark from the MV Aquarius after it arrived in Augusta on the island of Sicily, Italy, January 30, 2018.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/5F60\/production\/_101961442_be98c239-0516-4c83-888f-8a5755ece114.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      629 migrants are on board the Aquarius after they were rescued at sea                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Italy&#039;s new interior minister has refused permission for a rescue vessel to drop off more than 600 migrants picked up off Libya&#039;s coast.<\/p>\n<p>Matteo Salvini, the leader of the far-right League party, said Malta should take in the ship, the Aquarius, but his request was rejected. <\/p>\n<p>The League had promised voters during recent elections that it would take a tough stance on immigration. <\/p>\n<p>Italy is the main entry for migrants crossing from North Africa to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Salvini said on Sunday Italy was saying &quot;no to human trafficking, no to the business of illegal immigration&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He also complained, on Facebook that: &quot;Malta takes in nobody. France pushes people back at the border, Spain defends its frontier with weapons.&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Italy populists take power: What comes next?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Italy country profile <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The migrant rescue charity SOS M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, which runs the Aquarius, said 629 migrants had been picked up in six different rescue operations off Libya&#039;s coast on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @SOSMedGermany                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>BREAKING: After an extremely busy night on the Central #Mediterranean, the #Aquarius now has 629 people on board - including 123 unaccompanied minors, 11 children &amp; 7 pregnant women - from six different operations. The #Aquarius is now heading North to a port of safety. pic.twitter.com\/0BeggfbHmM<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SOS MEDITERRANEE GER (@SOSMedGermany) June 10, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @SOSMedGermany<\/p>\n<p>The charity&#039;s spokesperson, Mathilde Auvillain, said the ship had received orders to head north and was now awaiting &quot;definitive instructions&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Our objective is the disembarkation in a port of safety of the 629 people now on board the Aquarius - some we rescued yesterday night in difficult conditions,&quot; she was quoted by Reuters as saying.<\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p0693rv0.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionOn a visit to Sicily, Matteo Salvini said Italy must increase its deportations of migrants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Mr Salvini said Rome should increase its deportations of migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The hardline leader said the Italian government would open more deportation centres, make agreements with origin countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian government also wants a relocation of asylum-seekers EU-wide - a scheme already rejected by some member states.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Salvini says he is considering action against organisations rescuing migrants at sea. He has previously accused them of being in cahoots with people-smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#039;s critics say its plan to repatriate migrants is unworkable and risks fomenting racism and politicising a humanitarian issue.<\/p>\n<p>A controversial deal between Italy&#039;s former government and authorities in Libya has led to a drop in overall arrivals since last summer.<\/p>\n<p>However, Italian officials say 13,500 migrants have been registered so far this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright ReutersImage caption 629 migrants are on board the Aquarius after they were rescued at sea Italy&#039;s new interior minister has refused permission for a rescue vessel to drop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}