ROME - A Spanish charity boat with 363 rescued migrants aboard is appealing to be allowed to dock at a port so it can disembark its passengers after several days in the Mediterranean Sea. Gerard Canals, head of the Open Arms mission, on Saturday also expressed concern that food could run out. In a separate tweet, Open Arms said the migrants were crowded together on the bridge of the rescue boat. The migrants were taken aboard Open Arms in five separate rescues from distressed boats launched by Libya-based human traffickers over the past few days. In some cases, the rescuers were left in limbo for days or forced to sail as far as Spain to disembark migrants.

Source: thestar February 01, 2020 14:48 UTC