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MILAN: A German humanitarian group said its ship carrying 42 migrants rescued off Libya two weeks ago has entered Italian waters near the southernmost island of Lampedusa at midday on Wednesday in defiance of an explicit ban by the country’s hard-line interior ministry. Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini responded, saying he wouldn’t allow any of the migrants to disembark, and …

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