(ANSA) - Rome, August 13 - Interior Minister and Deputy
Premier Matteo Salvini said Monday that the NGO-run migrant
search-and-rescue ship Aquarius will not be allowed access to
Italy's ports.
"Aquarius NGO ship with another 141 immigrants on board:
German owned, rented by French NGO, foreign crew, in Maltese
waters, flying the flag of Gibraltar," Salvini said via Twitter.
"It can go where it wants, (but) not to Italy! Stop human
being traffickers and accomplices, #portsclosed and
#openhearts".
Aquarius can't come to Italy - Salvini
Interior min refusing access to ports to migrant-rescue ship