Four pregnant migrants were taken
from the Aquarius rescue ship to the Italian island of Lampedusa
south of Sicily on Monday, sources said Tuesday.
Also taken there was a a minor suffering convulsions, the
sources said.
The women were taken to the island on a coastguard vessel.
Suffering from fatigue and dehydrated, they were taken after
about three hours to hospitals in Palermo and Agrigento.
The boy, also suffering from dehydration, was treated and
taken to Lampedusa's migrant hotspot.
Most of the Aquarius' over 600 migrants are set to be taken
to Valencia after Italy stopped them from docking in a stand-off
with Malta.
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