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Spain allows migrant rescue boat to dock after other countries ignore its calls for sanctuary
Proactiva Open Arms saved over 300 from ‘certain death at sea’ last Friday. Italy, Malta, France, Tunisia and Libya all refused to help
A baby is loaded into the rescue vessel of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms, after being rescued in the Central Mediterranean Sea at 45 miles from Al Khums, Lybia, on Friday
AN AID boat carrying 311 rescued migrants was given permission to set sail for Spain today after Italy and other Mediterranean countries ignored its calls for help.
Proactiva Open Arms, a non-profit organisation rescuing and providing first aid to migrants in the central Mediterranean Sea, saved 313 migrants from “certain death at sea” in waters near Libya on Friday night.
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