Chaos and uncertainty has resulted from the decision late Friday by Italy’s far-right-led government to close its ports to humanitarian rescue ships.

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MILAN (AP) — Italy’s new far-right led government adopted a measure Friday formalizing the closure of its ports to rescue ships run by humanitarian groups as four vessels with more than 1,000 ...

EU legal adviser says Italian ports properly detained humanitarian vessels Wading into the legal fray over private search-and-rescue vessels that pick up asylum seekers in the Mediterranean Sea, a ...