The government of Giorgia Meloni refused to welcome the humanitarian ship, on board which are 234 migrants.
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Paris criticizes Rome. The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, denounced on Thursday November 10 a “incomprehensible choice” and one “unacceptable behavior” from Italy, after the refusal of the transalpine government to welcome the humanitarian boat ocean viking. In this context, France announced that the ship would arrive at the port of Toulon on Friday November 11.
“I made it clear, at the request of the President of the Republic, that it is on an exceptional basis that we welcome this boat, in view of the fifteen days of waiting at sea that the Italian authorities made the passengers undergo”, said Gérald Darmanin at the end of the Council of Ministers. En protest against the decision of the President of the Council, Giorgia Meloni, the French government decided to suspend “immediate effect” the expected reception this summer of 3,500 refugees currently in Italy.
The Minister of the Interior recalled that a European mechanism allowed relocation to other European countries of refugees who had arrived in particular in Italy within the framework of international law and the law of the sea. “all other participants” to this mechanism, “especially Germany” to also suspend the planned reception of refugees currently in Italy.