The German NGO Sea Eye's ship Alan
Kurdi, which rescued 64 migrants last Wednesday off the coast of
Libya, on Monday remains without a port of disembarkation after
Italy and its interior minister, Matteo Salvini, refused entry
into the country's territorial waters.
"This ship won't arrive in Italy," Salvini said on a TV talk
show Sunday evening.
"You come here with a permit, saying please and thank you,"
he said.
On Sunday the ship launched a plea for help and said weather
where it is currently stationed, 30 km off the Maltese coast of
Valletta, is worsening.
On Sunday the NGO appealed directly to Maltese Prime Minister
Josep Muscat, but the Maltese government hasn't officially taken
a position regarding whether it will let the ship dock at one of
its ports.
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