Migrant crisis: Italy to accept arrivals until deal reached

Italy is to allow migrant rescue ships to dock until the EU reaches a deal to distribute new arrivals.

Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said Italy would continue to accept vessels for five weeks while the EU renegotiated its existing policy.

Italy's new right-wing government has taken a hard line on migration.

The country is the main point of entry for Africans coming to Europe by sea, but wants the burden of migrant arrivals to be shared among EU states.

Speaking after talks with his German counterpart, Milanesi said Italy's ports would remain open until a solution was reached to prevent "all rescued people from landing in one country".

In June, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned that the Schengen Zone of visa-free travel across much of Europe was in danger if the EU failed to reach a consensus on the issue of migration. 

SOURCE: BBC NEWS
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