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Lampedusa: Eighty-three migrants who disembarked on Italy’s Lampedusa island were again in limbo on Wednesday as a European deal to redistribute them failed to materialise and Madrid said it could hit the Spanish charity with a huge fine for rescuing them. The prospect of a penalty comes after a protracted standoff between the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms and Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini finally came to an end. The boat had spent six days anchored off Lampedusa before a local prosecutor ordered the migrants be allowed to land and the vessel temporarily seized amid a probe of Salvini for banning their entry to port. (AFP)
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