Rescue boat disembarks migrants in Italy

By Alvise Armellini
Updated May 20 2019 - 7:53am, first published 7:47am
A magistrate ordered the evacuation of the Sea-Watch 3 vessel for alleged breach of immigration law.
A magistrate ordered the evacuation of the Sea-Watch 3 vessel for alleged breach of immigration law.

Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has suffered a flagrant setback as 47 migrants disembarked from a German charity ship flouting his orders.

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