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Open Arms migrant rescue ship within sight of land but still denied a port
An Italian court overturned Salvini's ‘security decree,’ which prevented the civil fleet from entering the country's waters
Migrants on board the Open Arms see Lampedusa's coastline ahead
AN NGO rescue ship with 147 migrants on board is finally within sight of land today, following an Italian court’s decision to suspend far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s ban on the civil fleet.
Two weeks ago the Open Arms — a ship operated by the Spanish charity of the same name — pulled 123 people fleeing Libya’s conflict and ensuing humanitarian nightmare from overcrowded dinghies in the central Mediterranean.
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