(ANSA) - Madrid, June 12 - Italy risks penal responsibilities
for the migrants on board NGO rescue ship Aquarius that Spain
accepted after it was stopped docking in Italian ports by
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, Spanish Justice Minister
Dolores Delgado told Spain's Cadena Ser radio on Tuesday.
"It's not a question of being a bleeding-heart liberal or of
generosity, but of humanitarian law," she said.
"There may be international penal responsibilities because
of the violation of treaties on human rights".
Salvini, leader of the anti-migrant League party, refused to
take the Aquarius' 629 migrants saying Malta should take them,
spurring a stand-off that ended when Spain said they could land
in Valencia.
Italy risks penal responsibilities (3)
May have broken international treaties