(ANSA) - Rome, March 16 - After a 24-hour stalemate in the
Mediterranean, the Spanish rescue ship ProActiva Open Arms is
now heading for the port of Pozzallo near Ragusa with more than
200 migrants aboard, sources said Friday. After its rescue
operations Thursday there was a dispute with the Libyan Coast
Guard which demanded the rescued migrants. The Spanish ship
refused but had not yet received authorisation to head for a
Euroepan port.
Open Arms ship heading for Pozzallo (2)
Spanish NGO clashed with Libyan Coast Guard