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Italy Allows Docking of Ship With Migrants, Ends Standoff With Malta

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According to Reuters, Italy will let its coast guard ship carrying 177 migrants it rescued, to dock in Sicily, ending a standoff with Malta over where it should disembark. The European Commission also said it was working on a solution to share out of the migrants aboard the Diciotti with Italy’s EU partners. Over Twitter, Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said that “The Diciotti ship will dock in Catania." and that said that "Now Europe must hurry to do its part" in helping to share the burden of the arrivals.

Added on the 20/08/2018 14:41:09 - Copyright : Wochit

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