ROME — A Spanish rescue ship carrying 216 migrants was heading Friday to a Sicilian port after having a high-seas run-in with Libya’s armed coast guard during the rescue. By late Friday, the group’s founder, Oscar Camps, tweeted that the Italian coast guard had authorized the ship to dock in Pozzallo, Sicily, on Saturday. Proactiva refused and eventually the Libyan ship pulled away. Italy’s coast guard, for the first time, then required Spanish authorities to formally ask that Proactiva’s ship be allowed to dock, Lanuza said. In a statement, the Italian coast guard said the insistence that Spain make the request was in accordance with international standards.

Source: National Post March 16, 2018 17:25 UTC