Italian Finance Police rescue a migrant who jumped off the Spanish humanitarian rescue ship Open Arms in a desperate bid to reach the shore of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, tantalisingly near after 19 days blocked on board in deteriorating conditions by Italy's refusal to open its ports
THE situation on board the Open Arms NGO migrant rescue ship off the coast of Lampedusa took a dramatic turn for the worse today as nine migrants jumped overboard and attempted to swim ashore.
In a video shared by the Spanish charity this afternoon several people are seen swimming away from the boat before they are intercepted by an Italian coastguard ship and an Open Arms dinghy.
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