InfoMigrants | 14.06.2018
Thousands of citizens throughout Italy have staged sit-ins in public squares in recent days to express their solidarity with the migrant rescue ship Aquarius, which the Italian government has refused to allow to dock at its ports.
Across Italy, people participated in sit-ins and organized ‚open ports‘ protests after the new government refused to let the Aquarius dock. The case of the migrant rescue ship carrying more than 600 people did not just make headlines in Italy, but has also strained Italy’s relationship with France.
More than a thousand people participated in a demonstration in Milan under the title „Let’s Open the Doors, Let’s Guarantee Rescue at Sea.“