Italy’s new government has declared victory in a standoff over a German-owned rescue boat that brought hundreds of migrants to its shores. Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini refused MS Aquarius, which carried 629 migrants on board, to dock over the weekend. Spain’s newly elected Socialist government accepted the boat, which ended the impasse.
"Saving lives at sea is a duty, but transforming Italy into an enormous refugee camp is not," Minister Salvini
wrote on Facebook. "Italy is done bowing its head and obeying. This time there's someone saying no."