On Wednesday 22 August, the European Commission repeated that it was still in contact with the member states to find a solution regarding the 177 migrants held on board the Diciotti patrol boat that is docked in Catania.
The previous day, Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini tweeted that Europe should start to act seriously to protect its borders and share out migrants, and he even threatened to send them back to Libya.
Several voices have spoken out in Italy to ask the country's...