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Slovakia did not even consider extending a helping hand to Italians
Petit Press a.s.

There would be no better way to commemorate the historical legacy of the 1968 occupation and the solidarity that refugees from Czechoslovakia received in other countries then.

While Slovaks commemorated the anniversary of the 1968 occupation, another refugee drama was unfolding in Italy.

Diciotti, a boat of the Italian coast guard, saved 190 people in the waters of the Mediterranean on August 15, but it had nowhere to drop anchor. Only after 13 people needed urgent hospitalisation, did Italy allow the boat to come to the port in Catania, Sicily, but the people were not allowed to disembark.

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