The 629 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by the 'Aquarius' will be transferred from the overloaded ship that saved them onto other vessels for the voyage to Spain. After Italy and Malta refused to accept the vessel, Madrid stepped in and said it was prepared to open a port. However, SOS Mediterranee, the NGO which operates the ship, said that the journey, in deteriorating weather conditions, would be too dangerous. The crew had been ordered to clear the decks to take on supplies and prepare to disembark passengers. The drama began on June 9 when the ship, after receiving mayday messages came to the aid of a number of disabled small boats. Designed to carry around 500 people, it headed back towards Italy overloaded, with 11 children and four pregnant women among the passengers. However, Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini banned the ship from docking, saying he wanted to prevent the country becoming a 'huge refugee camp'. Salvini said Malta should accept the boat and its passengers, who had been rescued at sea in separate operations off the Libyan coast. When Malta also refused, new Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made an offer to take the ship at Valencia. Report with photos: www.euronews.com/...
WORLD SHIPPING
12 June 2018 - 14:00
Migrants to be transferred from overloaded Aquarius
The 629 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by the 'Aquarius' will be transferred from the overloaded ship that saved them onto other vessels for the voyage to Spain
WORLD SHIPPING
12 June 2018 - 14:00
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