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Civil fleet condemns Italy's new law fining migrant rescuers up to €1m
Italian deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini talks to journalists in Rome today

THE civil fleet has condemned Italy’s decision to increase fines on NGOs that bring rescued non-Europeans from the Mediterranean to the country up to €1 million (£917,000).

The Italian Senate voted 160 to 57 in favour of passing far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s security bill on Monday night.

All that is left for the Bill to become law is for President Sergio Mattarella to ratify it. 

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