Deputy Premier and 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio accused fellow Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini of being in a state of confusion over the management of asylum seekers from North Africa. Salvini, who is also League leader and interior minister, is furious that a group of migrants were allowed to disembark in Lampedusa at the weekend in defiance of his policy of closing Italy's ports to NGO-run search-and-rescue ships. "I don't understand the obsession with relocations (to other EU States)," Di Maio said. "Up until yesterday, they were fine and, now they we have them, Salvini is no longer happy with them.
"We are on the way to resolving the migrant problem and the League goes all at sea, because it has run out of arguments.
"If relocation works, what will they talk about? "They are a broken record, they only talk about migrants, and when they don't know what to say they open fire.
"I hope they return to normal on May 26 (after the European elections)". Di Maio added that he will present a package to allocate one billion euros in aid to support families at the cabinet meeting set to take place later on Monday.
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