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Migrants stand on the dock of the Sea-Watch rescue ship after being rescued off Libya on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. The German humanitarian group Sea-Watch has stated that the ship that it operates in the Mediterranean Sea rescued 64 migrants in the waters off Libya. Sea-Watch wrote Wednesday on Twitter that 10 people, 5 children and a newborn were among the people protected by a rubber dinghy. The group said it rescued off the coast of Zuwarah after the Libyan authorities could not be contacted. Sea-Watch asks Italy or Malta to open a port on the rescue ship, Alan Kurdi. (Fabian Heinz / Sea-eye.org via AP) (Associated Press)
PARIS – The French Interior Minister has said that his country is ready to welcome 20 migrants on an NGO rescue boat that is on its ninth day at sea.
Christophe Castaner tweeted Friday that France, along with Germany and other European partners, had agreed to welcome the migrants by "solidarity", in order to allow them to disembark from the ship in the port on nearest, Valletta in Malta.
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Friday that his country refused to allow the port's access to the port, indicating that the NGO should have headed for Tunisia, the nearest port of the place safety. Italy has also refused entry.
The German group of humanitarian aid Sea-Eye counted 64 migrants saved aboard Alan Kurdi, including two women who were evacuated from the ship this week for medical reasons.
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