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Migrant rescue ship Lifeline to dock in Malta after being stranded for five days in the Mediterranean

Migrant rescue ship Lifeline to dock in Malta after being stranded for five days in the Mediterranean
Livia Borghese, Saskya Vandoorne and Judith Vonberg June 26, 2018

Rome (CNN)A search-and-rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean since Friday with 233 migrants on board will finally dock in Malta, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.
Conte said he had reached an agreement to allow the Lifeline to dock after speaking on the phone with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Malta is a small island nation south of Sicily.

In a statement, Conte said that Italy would host some of the migrants and called on other countries to "do the same."

more...https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/26/europe/migrant-ships-maersk-lifeline-...

see also...https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/danish-cargo-ship-carrying-refuge...