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August 26, 2018
Italy allows some migrants off stranded boat amid EU row
ROME: Italy allowed 16 of the 150 migrants stranded on board a coastguard ship at a Sicily port to disembark on Saturday, as government officials face questioning over the refusal to let all passengers off, media reported.The Diciotti vessel has been docked at the port of Catania since Monday night, after the Italian government blocked migrants from leaving in the absence of commitments from the EU to relocate some of them.Italy on Friday said it would pull its funding for the EU as a...