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Italy to Reject Unauthorized German Flights Carrying Migrants

  • Deputy Premier Salvini comments on secondary-movement report
  • Says that Italy will close airports, like it did with ports
An aircraft prepares to land at Fiumicino airport in Rome.

An aircraft prepares to land at Fiumicino airport in Rome.

Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

Italy won’t let unauthorized flights from Germany carrying non-European migrants land in the nation’s airports, said Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini in a move that could spark a new controversy among European Union partners over the issue of migration.

“If someone in Berlin or Brussels thinks of downloading on Italy dozens of immigrants with unauthorized charter flights, he must know that no Italian airport will be available,” Salvini, who is also interior minister, said in a post on Instagram.