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Italy ordered the Humanity 1 to vacate the port of Catania

Pope Francis said on Sunday European Union member states should share responsibility for taking in migrants and not just leave it to the countries where people arrive.

The weeks-old government is allowing only migrants identified as vulnerable to disembark. Humanitarian groups, activists and two lawmakers protested the selection process as illegal and inhumane.

Children and the sick were allowed off when boat run by German organisation SOS Humanity docked in Sicily

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 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

Several countries in the European Union are currently governed by far-right political parties. In Hungary, Fidesz under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been progressively dismantling the country’s constitutional protections of the rule of law and democratic institutions. Poland under its ruling Law and Justice party has shown equally worrying trends.…

Revellers could face up to six years in jail if they attend raves of 50 or more people

Government’s priorities questioned as fascist sympathisers parade ‘calmly and happily’ in dictator’s home town