EU summit discussed regulating NGO migrant rescue boats, Italy’s PM says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday that the European Council had discussed regulating the activities of charity vessels rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and run by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

Meloni was speaking in Brussels at a press conference on the occasion of the Feb. 9-10 EU summit extraordinary meeting.

(Reporting by Alvise Armellini, writing by Federico Maccioni, editing by Gianluca Semeraro)

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