Italy refuses to welcome another migrant ship as 60 men women and children are rescued of the coast of Libya a day after the bodies of three babies who drowned at sea are brought ashore
Vessel run by Spanish humanitarian group Proactiva Open Arms saved migrants on duct tape patched boat
Matteo Salvini has claimed the boat should go to Malta, the nearest port, but Malta swiftly pushed back
Bodies of three babies were recovered after a boat carrying 120 migrants sank with just 16 survivors
Earlier this month, Spain took in some 630 migrants aboard another rescue group’s vessel called the Aquarius
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1 July 2018
Italy has vowed not to accept a boat of 60 migrants after they were rescued off the Libyan coast the day after the bodies of three babies were brought ashore.
Interior minister Matteo Salvini tweeted this morning that Italian authorities would not let the boat dock on its shore, saying they ‘can forget about arriving in an Italian port’.
It comes amid a growing migrant crisis as more people from Africa continue to illegally make their way into Europe.
On Friday, the bodies of three babies were recovered and around 100 people were missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Libya on Friday.
About 120 migrants were aboard the inflatable craft when it ran into trouble in Al-Hmidiya, east of the capital Tripoli.
Sixteen people survived, while the missing and dead included three babies and three children under the age of 12.
Survivors told AFP the boat sank a few hours after a pre-dawn departure from Garaboulli, east of Tripoli, following an explosion on board.
The motor then caught fire and the vessel began taking on water, they said.
The passengers included a number of Moroccan families and Yemenis.
Another group of around 60 migrants were rescued by a vessel operated , run by Spanish humanitarian group Proactiva Open Arms.
The organisation said it rescued the migrants – including five women, a nine-year-old child and three teenagers – after it spotted a rubber boat patched with duct tape floating in the sea.
All the migrants appeared in good health.
Mr Salvini claimed the boat should go to Malta, the nearest port. But Malta swiftly pushed back, with its interior minister contending the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily, was closer.
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