The article tells us, that what this Interior Minister of Italy, Salvini says is that those "migrant" ships have purposefully targeted Italy when they can go to other places on the Mediterranean, namely Spain.
Europe: "Mediterranean Taxis" for People-Smugglers
by Soeren Kern
August 27, 2019 at 5:00 am
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14781/europe-mediterranean-people-smugglers
The captain's refusal to accept Spain's offer [to dock in Spain rather than Italy] fueled suspicion about the financial and political motivations behind the migrant rescues — including efforts by Open Arms and other NGOs to promote open borders by discrediting Salvini's hardline immigration policies.
"We are facing the umpteenth mockery of the Spanish Open Arms, which for days has been wandering around the Mediterranean for the sole purpose of gathering as many people as possible to bring them always and only to Italy. In all this time they already could have gone back and forth to a Spanish port three times. These NGOs are only political. They are using the immigrants against our country. I will not give up." — Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.
"Open Arms does not rescue shipwrecked people. If it did, it would take them to the nearest port. What it does is use immigrants as an extortion tool against countries that choose to defend their sovereignty. These fake humanitarian organizations, in the name of solidarity, exploit the good will of many people. But their work is promoted by those who want to destroy the borders of Europe, and only benefits human traffickers." — Santiago Abascal, leader of the Spanish party Vox.
The [Ipsos] poll also found that a majority of Italians (56%) believe that the NGOs involved in rescuing migrants are motivated by money; only 22% believe they are motivated by humanitarianism.
Read more at: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14781/europe-mediterranean-people-smugglers
