Salvini to the 'Proactiva Open Arms': "It will suffer the same fate as the 'Sea Watch 3' if it enters Italy"

Matteo Salvini has warned the Spanish NGO 'Proactiva Open Arms' that his ship will suffer the same fate as 'Sea Watch 3' if it rescues immigrants in Mediterranean waters. “It is a Spanish ship and if it tries to enter Italian waters it will have the same treatment as the 'Sea-Watch' ”, the Minister of the Interior also commented to the press, when asked by the Spanish NGO, which during the weekend already attended a boat with immigrants in the Mediterranean. Salvini arrived after on Monday he claimed in a message on his Facebook profile that the Spanish Government made the 'Open Arms' return. "Let Spain take them back, otherwise (obviously in good manners) we will take care of it," he had written, echoing a message from the NGO defending the rescue of immigrants at sea. The captain of the 'Sea-Watch 3 ', chartered by the German NGO Sea-Watch, entered the port of Lampedusa by force on Saturday with the 40 immigrants he had on board due to the desperate situation on the ship due to Italy's refusal to allow him to disembark them on its territory . Carole Ruckete is now in detention and could face a prison sentence under Italian law. Salvini is the main promoter of the closed ports policy maintained by the Italian Government. The Interior Minister denounces that rescue NGOs collaborate with human traffickers and do not seek the interest of migrants.