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After three weeks stranded at sea as Italy’s neo-fascist government refused multiple requests to dock, 230 refugees rescued by Ocean Viking disembarked in France.

TOULON, France, Nov 12 ― All migrants on board a rescue ship turned back by Italy have disembarked in France, authorities said today, as the vessel left to undergo maintenance at...

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A rescue ship carrying 230 refugees docks at a French port amid rising tensions between France and Italy over which country is responsible for them.

TOULON, France: All migrants on board a rescue ship turned back by Italy have disembarked in France, authorities said Saturday, as the vessel left to undergo maintenance at another port.

TOULON, France, Nov 12 ― All migrants on board a rescue ship turned back by Italy have disembarked in France, authorities said Saturday, as the vessel left to undergo maintenance...

Migrants onboard a rescue ship turned back by Italy have disembarked in France

A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday amid a blazing row between France and Italy over which country is responsible for them.

Italy has taken in 90,000 just this year: home affairs minister

Paris, Nov 9 (EFE).- Italy’s decision to turn away an NGO vessel carrying 234 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea is “unacceptable” and should be reversed, the French government said Wednesday. Olivier Véran, the spokesman for the government, told FrancInfo that it was Italy’s “responsibility” to welcome the migrants on board the Ocean Viking, a …