(CNN) The 27 unaccompanied minors aboard a Spanish humanitarian ship will be allowed to disembark in Italy following a bitter political standoff between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

The Open Arms has been at sea for more than two weeks.

Salvini, who'd banned the Open Arms and its more than 130 rescued migrants from docking in Italy, wrote Saturday he would allow the minors to disembark as "another example of loyal collaboration" with Conte but insisted the decision was "exclusively" the Prime Minister's responsibility.

The officials' dispute marks the latest flare-up of the yearslong refugee crisis that has exposed political fault lines across European nations.

An Italian court ruled Wednesday that the Open Arms, waiting off the Italian island of Lampedusa, should be permitted to dock in Italy despite the ban by Salvini , who rose to power on anti-migrant sentiment.

The interior minister -- who also serves as deputy prime minister -- responded on Wednesday by vowing, in a statement, to "continue to deny the landing to those who claim to bring illegal immigrants always and only in Italy."

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