German Rescue Boat With 800 Migrants Reaches Sicilian Port
Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean sea arrive to disembark from the Sea-Eye 4 ship at the port of Trapani, Sicily, on Nov. 7.
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Rome (AP) -- A German humanitarian ship with more than 800 rescued migrants, including 15 very young children, steamed into a Sicilian port on Sunday after being granted permission by Italian authorities following days of waiting in the Mediterranean Sea.
The charity group Sea-Eye said the vessel Sea-Eye 4 was assigned to the port of Trapani, in western Sicily, on Saturday evening. Most of the adults were to be transferred to other ships for preventative quarantine against COVID-19, while some 160 minors, including babies and other children younger than 4, were to be taken to shelters on land.