Vulnerable people are at risk on
board the Aquarius, the migrant rescue ship carrying 629
migrants for which Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has shut all
Italian ports, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which has doctors
on the ship, said Monday.
The ship, operated by German NGO SOS Mediterranée, has been
stranded between Italy and Malta since the order on Sunday from
Salvini, head of the anti-migrant League party.
Salvini said Malta should take the ship but Valletta said
Italy was obliged to according to the law of the sea and
international rules.
MSF said the situation on board was "stable" but the "useless
delays" in offloading the migrants "are putting at risk
vulnerable people" and in particular seven pregnant women and 15
burns victims, as well as several migrants with symptoms of
hypothermia..
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