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2024-03-24 21:02:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8547CE4EBD5D520D8392421D7DE377BC8C364D7C5B3A4AF25FC30EB986F029B6
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It was a government decision to protect national borders. According Salvini’s lawyer, Open Arms had been offered the opportunity to dock in both Malta and Spain: the NGO refused both options heading towards Lampedusa in Italy. https://it.euronews.com/2021/04/18/matteo-salvini-a-giudizio-per-la-open-arms-decisione-dal-sapore-politico https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/23/italys-salvini-in-court-for-blocking-migrant-ship
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