MILAN: Chaos in Libya following General Khalifa Haftar’s offensive has increased the risk of terrorist presence on migrant boats headed for Italy, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said, adding the country’s ports would remain closed.
“Islamic terrorist infiltration is no longer a risk, it has become a certainty: it is therefore my duty to reiterate that no docking will be allowed on Italian shores” he said in a radio interview on Wednesday.
Salvini, leader of the anti-immigrant League party, refused to say if Italy’s stance could change in case of a full-fledged war in Libya after the flare-up in the cycle of anarchy gripping the country since dictator Muammar Qaddafi was toppled in 2011.
Terrorist presence on migrants boats from Libya now a certainty: Italy’s Salvini
Updated 17 April 2019
Terrorist presence on migrants boats from Libya now a certainty: Italy’s Salvini
- Salvini refused to say if Italy’s stance could change in case of a full-fledged war in Libya
- He said the country’s ports would remain closed
