Civitavecchia mayor says No to hotspot (3)

(ANSA) - Rome, July 14 - Civitavecchia Mayor Antonio Cozzolino on Friday rejected an interior ministry plan to set up a migrant hotspot in the Lazio port city. "The port is not ready to host a hotspot and if the ministry continues along this dangerous road we will have to face an emergency that will be difficult, if not impossible, to handle," he said. Well-informed sources told ANSA that Civitavecchia would not host a permanent hotspot but would be used now and then to take the pressure off Sicilian ports.