Hundreds of migrants stranded on board the Aquarius rescue vessel in the Mediterranean will be transferred to Italian ships and taken to Spain, the French charity SOS Mediterranée has said.
The 629 migrants, including pregnant women and children, were saved by SOS Mediterranée on Saturday, but the Aquarius was caught in a dramatic standoff over the weekend in which Italy and Malta refused to allow it to dock.
“Supplies will be received shortly from an Italian vessel on to Aquarius. Plan from MRCC [the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre] Rome is that rescued people will later be transferred on Italian ships before heading together to#Valencia,” the charity said on Twitter.
The development comes a day after the new Spanish government headed by the Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, offered to allow the Aquarius to dock in Valencia, insisting it was an “obligation” to do so.
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