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Migrants 'held hostage' aboard Italian coastguard ship begin hunger strike in protest at not being allowed to disembark
Italy has been accused of holding 150 migrants 'hostage' on a coastguard ship 'as a way of blackmailing Europe'.
Many of those stranded aboard the vessel - the Diciotti - for a ninth day, began a hunger strike today.
Their reaction is out of frustration that Italy continues to refuse to let them disembark in Sicily unless fellow European Union nations first pledge to take them, authorities said, in the latest standoff provoked by Italy's anti-migrant interior minister.
But Interior Minister Matteo Salvini refused to bow to pressure to accept the migrants, and responded to their threatened hunger strike via Twitter that they can 'do whatever they believe.
Migrants ‘held hostage’ aboard Italian coastguard ship begin hunger strike in protest | Daily Mail Online
Italy has been accused of holding 150 migrants 'hostage' on a coastguard ship 'as a way of blackmailing Europe'.
Many of those stranded aboard the vessel - the Diciotti - for a ninth day, began a hunger strike today.
Their reaction is out of frustration that Italy continues to refuse to let them disembark in Sicily unless fellow European Union nations first pledge to take them, authorities said, in the latest standoff provoked by Italy's anti-migrant interior minister.
But Interior Minister Matteo Salvini refused to bow to pressure to accept the migrants, and responded to their threatened hunger strike via Twitter that they can 'do whatever they believe.
Migrants ‘held hostage’ aboard Italian coastguard ship begin hunger strike in protest | Daily Mail Online