L’ocean viking, whose fate sparked several days of arm wrestling between Paris and Rome, is due to arrive in Toulon (Var) on Friday November 11, at 8 a.m., to disembark the 230 migrants on board. The SOS Méditerranée humanitarian ship will dock in the military port “exceptionally” and under “a duty of humanity”, announced the French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, Thursday evening. Follow our live.
Upon arrival, migrants placed in a “waiting area”. Migrants will be immediately placed in a “waiting area” of the military port of Toulon, said the Ministry of the Interior, Thursday evening. On TF1, Gérald Darmanin specified that passengers who do not meet the criteria for asylum seekers “will be renewed directly”.
“Two thirds” of migrants hosted by other European countries. According to the Minister of the Interior, nine countries have already agreed to host “two-thirds” of these migrants: Germany, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Luxembourg and Ireland. The Minister of the Interior welcomed “European solidarity” neighbors of France.
The tone continues to rise between France and Italy. Gérald Darmanin denounced Thursday evening the “unacceptable behavior” of Italy, which refused to accept the humanitarian ship. Rome has “decided not to behave like a responsible European state”he said, noting that France “will draw the consequences” of the Italian attitude on the other aspects of its “bilateral relationship”.