EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner and Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi were among the official visitors turned around at the airport.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has expressed anger and demanded answers after a Nigerian homeless migrant with a prior criminal record was arrested for beating a woman so viciously she later died.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced human traffickers responsible for the bodily harm or death of migrants will face prison sentences of between 10 and 30 years.
Italy calls for better cooperation between NGO ships, the countries whose flags they fly and the countries where the ‘Search and Rescue’ (SAR) procedure comes into effect.
