The NGO migrants rescue Ship Sea Watch is off on another rescue mission off Libya, and the Italian Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, has already warned it that Italy's harbours are close to any disembarkations.
The ship set sail on Saturday after being held up by more than a month by its own flag state, the Netherlands.
'Our harbours are closed,' Salvini said in a tweet in reaction to the news.
Last Tuesday a court in The Hague ruled that the flag state had unlawfully prevented the vessel from leaving port since the beginning of April. Читать дальше...