There will be a summit on the
migrant issue with competent ministers at the premier's office
Monday night, Premier Giuseppe Conte said Monday.
He confirmed the summit even after Spain said Valencia would
take the migrants on board the Aquarius, ending a stand-off with
Malta.
He said "the problem with the migrant emergency remains even
though Spain is taking the Aquarius".
The Aquarius, with 629 migrants on board, had been stranded
since Sunday when Interior Minister and anti-migrant League
leader Matteo Salvini closed all Italian ports to it and said
Malta should take it.
Conte was speaking on a tour of central Italian areas hit by
devastating earthquakes in 2016.
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