The French government announced on November 10 that it received the migrants after the Italian authorities ignored them for 15 days, in violation of international law.
French Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin stated that one third of the migrants will be transferred to France, while those who do not meet the conditions for seeking asylum will be deported. The other two thirds of the migrants will be distributed to Germany, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, and Ireland.
Italy, in which the far-right government has been recently elected, refused to receive migrants. The incident impacted the French-Italian relations, as France decided to suspend the “immediate” suspension of the project to receive 3,500 refugees currently in Italy, which was scheduled for the summer of 2023.
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