Italy took in more than 500 migrants as two charity rescue ships were allowed to dock at ports in Salerno and Bari after several days at sea in bad weather
The Geo Barents ship, operated by the Doctors without Borders charity and which had 248 migrants aboard, arrived in Salerno in the southwestern region of Campania, MSF said.
How to respond to requests for help from the charity boats that pick up migrants in the Mediterranean is a challenge for Italy's new right-wing government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.last month after the French took in a boat that had been turned away by Italy. It accuses the charity ships of making it easier for economic migrants to reach Italy and playing into the hands of people traffickers.
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