(ANSA) - Pesaro, May 9 - Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Thursday that he will refuse to assign a port for a Navy ship to dock in after it rescued dozens of migrants in waters off Libya. "There is a Navy ship that picked up 40 immigrants in Libyan waters. I won't give it a port," said the League leader, who has spearheaded the government's tough stance of closing ports to vessels that have rescued migrants. "Why in Libyan waters? Yesterday a Libyan coast guard patrol saved over 200 migrants and took them back.
"We either all work in the same direction or we don't because you can't have a interior minister who closes the ports and someone else who picks up migrants.
"It's true that some issues need to be clarified within the government".
Salvini says he won't assign port to Navy ship after migrant rescue
Interior minister says rescue took place in Libyan waters