The Mare Jonio will dock at the
Italian island of Lampedusa after rescuing 30 migrants in the
Mediterranean, the NGO that runs the search-and-rescue ship,
Mediterranea Saving Humans, said via Twitter on Friday.
The NGO said five minors, including a one-year-old child, and
two pregnant women were among the people rescued on Thursday
some 40 miles from Libyan coast.
It posted a video of the Mare Jonio being escorted by a
finance police vessel on Friday.
On Thursday Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo
Salvini had reaffirmed his policy of closing Italy's ports to
NGO-run migrant-rescue ships.
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