Italy’s far right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Sunday that the country is allowing some of the asylum seekers from Libya to disembark in Sicily. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte set letters to head of state of other EU nations asking to share responsibility on the Libya migrants. In response, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and Malta have agreed to take 50 people each.
“Spain will take in 50 of the people rescued yesterday in the Mediterranean. This shows our commitment to offer solutions to migration flows and solidarity with the humanitarian drama,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed and tweeted.
