Gualtiero Bassetti: Rights Groups and Roberto Mignone

gualtiero bassetti: Interior Minister Marco Minniti and the head of the Italian bishops' conference, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, were to welcome them, according to Metro News. The U.N. refugee agency's Libya representative, Roberto Mignone, tweeted that he was travelling with 162 vulnerable refugees. The Interior Ministry said the refugees were due to arrive later Friday at Rome's Pratica di Mare military base. Italy said the women, children and elderly people were all entitled to international protection. Italy and the EU have come under criticism from human rights groups for helping the Libyan coast guard more effectively patrol its coasts to prevent smugglers from operating. It did not say what countries they came from. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.