The Alan Kurdi ship belonging to
German migrant rescue NGO Sea Eye is heading for the Italian
island of Lampedusa with its 64 rescued migrants, according to
radar evidence confirmed by informed sources Thursday.
After sailing north, they said, the ship has veered westwards
and is now about 30 sea miles from the southern Italian island.
The Alan Kurdi has reportedly asked Italy's maritime
coordination centre for a safe port.
Overnight, when it was in Maltese waters, it made the same
request to Valletta.
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who has closed Italy's
ports to migrant rescue NGO vessels, said the government has
written to the German government asking it "to take on the
problem".
He said "the interior ministry has warned the ship not to
enter Italian waters".
Salvini said "other lives put at risk by a foreign NGO,
having left Libyan waters in the direction of Italy".
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
