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The humanitarian ship "Open Arms" arrived Wednesday (4) at the port of Barcelona with 60 migrants, including five miners, rescued from the Mediterranean and received by the Spanish government after being rejected by Italy. At 9:00 GMT, after four days of crossing the central Mediterranean, the ship of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms arrived in this Spanish port with 50 men, five women and five miners on board, including three unaccompanied, of 14 different nationalities
This landing follows the mediation of the arrival of the ship "Aquarius" in Valencia on June 17, with 630 embarked migrants, also rejected by Italy. The situation was repeated last week with another ship, chartered by the German NGO Lifeline, finally hosted in Malta.
On Wednesday, at the port of Barcelona, migrants were greeted by Red Cross teams for a first health badessment. 19659002] Pbadengers will then leave the ship in order of vulnerability, receive a second more thorough medical check-up and be identified by the police before being transferred to the designated centers for their reception, or to hospitals if necessary.
"There is no serious medical emergency, and they are happy because they were told that the government wanted them to come here," said to the press Anabel Montes, director of the Proactiva Open Arms NGO. 19659002] Relief NGOs in the Mediterranean have encountered several problems in recent weeks, especially after the new Italian government with right-wing leader Matteo Salvini as Minister of
Wednesday, the Sea-Watch organization ensured that Malta prevented its Moonbird reconnaissance aircraft from taking off, after having blocked its Sea-Watch ship (3).
"said Reuben Neugebauer, spokesman for AFP
. These NGOs are accused by some institutions of promoting irregular immigration and playing the game of traffickers of people operating in North Africa. The Proactiva Open Arms refutes the accusation and ensures that the maritime law is respected and that the problem exists well before the presence of these ships in the central Mediterranean.
"The difference is that when we are there, more people come to life because
During the past five days, there have been three shipwrecks in the area with nearly 180 dead or missing [19659010]
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