Italian prosecutor orders migrants on charity ship to disembark
Spanish navy en route to Lampedusa to take migrants to Mallorca
20 August 2019 - 22:28
Madrid — An Italian prosecutor ordered on Tuesday the seizure of the Open Arms migrant ship and the evacuation of the migrants on board, ending a prolonged stand-off between the Spanish charity and the government in Rome.
The Open Arms ship, run by a Spanish charity of the same name, has been stranded off the coast for nearly three weeks, with the charity saying that the migrants are distressed and urgently needed to find shelter...
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