Spain Rebukes Salvini, Offers to Take ‘Open Arms’ Migrants
- Algeciras port to accept ship amid ‘humanitarian crisis’
- Salvini remains defiant, says he ‘won’ the Open Arms dispute
Photographer: Jorge Guerrero/AFP
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Spain’s government will make available the southern port of Algeciras to receive the migrant rescue ship Open Arms given the refusal by Italy to allow it to dock.
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is taking the step given the “emergency situation” facing the Spanish vessel with more than 100 migrants off the Italian island of Lampedusa, his government said in an emailed statement Sunday.