The Latest Breaking News from Matteo Piantedosi

European interior ministers welcomed Friday an EU plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals, after a furious row over a refugee rescue boat erupted between Italy and France. France has accused Italy of failing to respect the law of the sea by turning away the NGO vessel earlier…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is cracking down on charity rescue boats operating in the Mediterranean, accusing them of acting as a de facto taxi service for migrants.

Italian authorities prevented 35 migrants they did not deem vulnerable from getting off a boat in Sicily on Sunday as Italy's far-right-led government takes a hard line against privately operated maritime rescue ships in Italian waters. The impact of a directive ushered in by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi became clearer…

Italian authorities have prevented 35 migrants they did not deem vulnerable from getting off a boat in Sicily

Italy allows entry to Humanity 1, but refuses to respond to requests for safe port from three other rescue ships.

Three NGO ships are stranded in the Mediterranean as Italy and Malta fail to greenlight entrance into port.

Italy allowed a humanitarian rescue ship carrying 179 migrants to enter a Sicilian port and begin disembarking minors early Sunday, while refusing to respond to requests for safe harbor from three other ships carrying 900 more people in nearby waters.

Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily

Oslo rebuffs Rome’s claim it should take charge of people rescued by NGO vessels flying its flag.