The humanitarian ship moored in the port of Toulon on Friday after a diplomatic showdown with Italy which refused to welcome it.
Le Monde with AFP
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced, Tuesday, November 15, that 44 of the 234 survivors of the Ocean-Viking would be expelled from French territory to their country of origin.
Among these people, who have been the subject of a diplomatic show between Paris and Rome after being drafted in the Mediterranean, “44 are now” opposed to their asylum request and “will be renewed As soon as their state of health “allows, explained the minister during a session of questions to the government, explaining that the study of the files was still in progress.
Wednesday, the tension had a notch between France and Italy, led by the far-right Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, about the Ocean-Viking, Paris denouncing the “unacceptable” refusal of Rome to let the boat dock. Friday, November 11, the humanitarian ship was finally welcomed “exceptionally” by France.
The passengers of the Ocean-Viking are Bangladais, Eritreans, Syrians, Egyptians, Pakistani, Malians, Sudanese and Guineans. Already Thursday, the entourage of the Minister of the Interior said that “contacts” had been made “with the countries concerned” in order to “expulsion from those who do not meet the conditions of the asylum. “