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After Italy’s refusal to welcome the migrant boat stranded at sea, France could serve as a host country for this ship. The city of Marseille and Corsica have notably proposed.
The Ocean Viking and its 234 survivors on board are heading for France on Wednesday 9 November. For 19 days and the first rescues, he has been denied access to a port in Malta and then in Italy 43 times. The boat is today the subject of a showdown between the latter and France. Tuesday, November 8, Giorgia Meloni, head of the Italian government, thanks France for welcoming the trawler in a press release.
Giorgia Meloni’s coup angers the French executive. “The current attitude of italian governmentand in particular the declarations and the refusal to let this boat dock contrary to all the European rules which have been accepted by all the countries of the union, is unacceptable”, declares Olivier Véran, spokesperson for the government at the microphone of FranceInfo on Wednesday. For the time being, no French port has announced that it will welcome the boat. But the mayor of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Benoît Payan, volunteered.