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Inside Europe: Rescue boat ignores Italian ban

Irene Caselli
June 28, 2019

The rescue boat Sea Watch 3 has sailed into Italian territorial waters after spending two weeks in limbo at sea, off Lampedusa. Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini tried to ban the vessel from approaching under a "closed ports" policy. But despite that, there's been no let-up in the arrival of migrants in Lampedusa and people say this new decree makes the sea deadlier. Irene Caselli reports.

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