ITALY: Migrants land in Sicily as ship crew faces uncertain fate

A charity ship carrying 47 rescued migrants has docked in the Sicilian port of Catania after a two-week wait with the crew fearing legal action as Italy’s far-right interior minister tries to stop new arrivals. The Dutch-flagged Sea-Watch 3, which had been waiting off the coast of Sicily with the people it rescued in the […]

A charity ship carrying 47 rescued migrants has docked in the Sicilian port of Catania after a two-week wait with the crew fearing legal action as Italy’s far-right interior minister tries to stop new arrivals. The Dutch-flagged Sea-Watch 3, which had been waiting off the coast of Sicily with the people it rescued in the Mediterranean on January 19, was finally given the permission to anchor in Catania yesteday after six other countries agreed to take them in. The exhausted migrants, including 15 minors, cheered and hugged the crew as the ship sailed into the harbour, an AFP correspondent reported.