Rescue ship with 179 migrants on board allowed to enter Italian port
ROME (AA) – Italy allowed a German-flagged rescue ship to enter a port in Sicily and disembark women, children and ill migrants, according to local media reports on Sunday.
Humanity-1, operated by German charity SOS Humanity, entered the port of Catania escorted by an Italian coast guard boat.
In line with the latest decree on irregular migration issued by the right-wing coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni, Italian authorities carried out health checks for the rescued 179 people on board.
Also, it was stated that 35 migrants who are said to be adult men without medical problems were not allowed to disembark.