Italy allows 2 more migrants to leave German rescue ship
29 June 2019 |
5:02 am
Italian authorities have given permission for a sick man and his brother to disembark from Sea-Watch 3. The boat is still carrying some 40 migrants and has been sitting in international waters for more than two weeks.
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