Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday reluctantly authorised 27 migrant children rescued at sea to disembark from a charity vessel anchored in limbo off Lampedusa island for days.
In a letter, Salvini told Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte he could authorise the "alleged" minors to leave the Open Arms ship, despite it being "divergent to my orientation."
"There are constant fights, arguments on board," he said on Twitter. "The truth is the tension is untenable."
But interior ministry sources said Friday that "no European country has taken formal steps to take the migrants on board."
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