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Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Kim Willsher in Paris

People rescued in Italian waters spark row between Italy and France

Italy France Gilles Simeoni Giorgia Meloni Matteo Piantedosi Ocean Olivier Véran Rome SOS Méditerranée Mediterranean
Survivors wake up after another cold night waiting for a safe harbour on the Ocean Viking
The Ocean Viking, operated by the charity SOS Méditerranée, rescued the asylum seekers in the central Mediterranean. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty

The fate of hundreds of people rescued in the central Mediterranean by a charity vessel has sparked a diplomatic row between Italy and France, with the French government calling it “unacceptable” that Rome has refused to allow the ship, carrying 234 asylum seekers, to dock in an Italian port.

On Tuesday, the Ocean Viking rescue boat, operated by the European charity SOS Méditerranée under a Norwegian flag, began sailing towards France after Italy’s new far-right government refused to give it a safe port for more than two weeks.

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