A REFUGEE rescue ship’s calls to be assigned a port to disembark more than 100 people have finally been answered after days of being ignored.

European charity SOS Mediterranee announced on social media today that the Italian authorities had granted permission for its ship, the Ocean Viking, to bring the rescued to shore.

Above a picture posted on Twitter of the ship’s elated passengers, SOS Mediterranee wrote: “Relief on board [the] Ocean Viking after several days of rough weather.