Italy welcomed on Wednesday 114 migrants from Libya as part of a 'humanitarian corridor' organised by Christian charities, with members of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's rightist administration saying they supported legal migration channels.
The migrants landed at Rome's Fiumicino airport weeks after a furious spat between Italy and France, triggered by Rome's refusal to take in a charity-run migrant rescue boat with more than 200 people onboard.
"We say no to human smugglers and yes to a path that leads to integration. This is the action we want to take on the African continent and in the Middle East to beat wars, famine and terrorism," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was quoted as saying.
