An Italian merchant ship, the
Asso 25, which saved 50 migrants in Maltese search-and-rescue
waters on Thursday, is heading towards the Sicilian port of
Pozzallo, sources said on Friday.
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who has
spearheaded the government's tough stance of closing Italian
ports to NGO-run migrant-rescue ships, has been informed about
the situation and has not raised objections, the sources said.
Photo: file image of a merchant ship.
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