Italy threatens to shut ports to foreign boats saving migrants

Italy has threatened to prevent vessels flying under foreign flags from disembarking migrants rescued in the Mediterranean in its ports, a source close to the government said Wednesday."We can't go on like this," the source told AFP after media reported that Italy's representative to the European Union, Maurizio Massari, delivered a letter to the bloc warning that the country was considering closing its doors.Massari is said to have met the European Commissioner for Immigration, Dimitri Avramopo