France demands Italy 'play its part' over migrant ship

France on Wednesday called on Italy to “play its part” as the two countries wrangled over which should accept a ship with 234 migrants onboard.

“The ship is currently in Italian territorial waters, there are extremely clear European rules that were accepted by the Italians,” government spokesman Olivier Veran said, adding that “the current attitude of the Italian government, notably its declarations and refusal to accept the ship” were “unacceptable.”