The French govt has slammed Italy’s refusal to simply accept a rescue send sporting greater than 200 migrants — calling it a “nasty gesture”.
The Ocean Viking was once in any case docked in France remaining week — the place the migrants had been allowed to disembark within the southern town of Toulon to be processed.
“It’s a bad gesture”, however “the important thing is to continue cooperation and not leave it at that”, President Emmanuel Macron’s entourage said.
“The people disembarked in Toulon will be deducted from the number we are taking in this year as part of our solidarity with Italy”.
Of the 234 other people rescued via the vessel within the Mediterranean, greater than part had been refused access into France.
“Of the 234 people – at the time of writing all the procedures have not been completed – 44 have been recognised as minors, 60 can apply for asylum, including Syrians, Sudanese and Eritreans, 44 have had their applications rejected today”, stated Gerald Darmanin, France’s Minister of the Interior.
After Rome’s refusal to simply accept the Ocean Viking, France has referred to as for “European initiatives” to “better control [its] external borders”.
Italy’s Interior Minister not too long ago defended the road taken via the brand new right-wing govt, and suggested Europe to get a more potent grip at the migration “phenomenon”.
EU internal ministers will meet in Brussels subsequent week to talk about migration coverage in gentle of the present disaster.
