MADRID (AP) — Spain's maritime rescue service said Wednesday that 22 migrants were missing in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat got into difficulties while crossing from North Africa to southern Europe. A ferry alerted Spanish authorities that it had rescued 27 people from a small boat, the rescue agency said. The Maritime Rescue Service said it confirmed with a non-governmental group that the boat left North Africa the previous day with 49 people on board. Meanwhile, the German aid group Sea-Watch urged European governments to agree to accept several dozen migrants that it rescued in the Mediterranean a week ago. Germany's Interior Ministry says more than 50 German cities and towns have sent the federal government a written declaration that they are willing to take in migrants rescued from the Mediterranean.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 19, 2019 15:00 UTC