[[SIZE=5]***Italy holds Netherlands, EU 'responsible' for migrant boat***[/SIZE]]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/italy-holds-netherlands-eu-responsible-migrant-boat-142155795.html')
Rome (AFP) - Italy's hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he would hold the Netherlands and the European Union "responsible" for the fate of 42 migrants that Rome has blocked from disembarking at Italian ports for over a week.
The Dutch-flagged rescue boat Sea-Watch 3 has been stuck in the Mediterranean since rescuing 53 migrants drifting in an inflatable raft off the coast of Libya on June 12.
While 11 of those on board the Sea-Watch have been allowed to disembark -- including two pregnant women -- the vessel has been denied permission to dock in Italy.
But the crew has refused to return those rescued back to crisis-hit Libya, arguing that Tripoli is not a safe port.