MIGRANTS

Fresh controversy as Italy bans another migrant ship

Alberto Pizzoli / AFP, archives | Migrants and refugees, wait to be rescued at sea and transported to the German navy frigate ship Werra, a part of the European external action service Eunavfor-med, on September 27, 2015.

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Italy's populist government has taken a hard line on immigration. In the latest controversy, its transport minister said that although the coast guard had partially aided a migrant ship to save lives, Malta still deserved sanctions for not helping.