Italy has re-opened its ports to migrant boats until the European Union reaches a deal on how to redistribute the new arrivals, as its government scorned the EU’s latest offer to pay governments €6,000 for each asylum seeker taken in.
Italy, which has borne the brunt of the migration crisis alongside Greece, closed its ports to migrant boats last month. However, it will now accept the asylum seekers temporarily, giving the EU five weeks to reach a deal before it shuts the borders again.
Speaking on Monday, Foreign Minister Moavero Milanesi said the ports would remain open until a deal was reached to stop "all rescued people from landing in one country".
But on Tuesday Italy’s Deputy Prime…