Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio
said Tuesday that migrant rescue NGO ship Mare Ionio acted
against Libyan orders in picking up 49 migrants from an
allegedly sinking dinghy off Libya Monday.
"I have just spoken to Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. We
are verifying the respect of legality. We have found several
irregularities: the NGO which is Italian acted without listening
to the orders of the Libyan Coast Guard, going against those
orders," he said.
Di Maio added: "I conform that there will not be another
Diciotti case, and there will be a solution shortly", referring
to a 10-day standoff with the EU last August over 177 migrants
rescued by Italian Coast Guard ship Diciotti.
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