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Rescue boat drifts at sea as Italy takes anti-migrant stance
14:59 June 11, 2018 Reuters
A rescue ship with more than 600 migrants on board was drifting in international waters on Monday (June 11) as Italy's new interior minister doubled down on his decision to stop it docking at an Italian port. Matteo Salvini, head of the far-right League party who campaigned vowing to stop to the mass influx of migrants from Africa, blocked the ship, operated by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors without Borders, over the weekend. The Aquarius rescue ship has 629 migrants, including 123 unaccompanied minors, 11 other children and seven pregnant women on board.