By Juan Medina
ABOARDTHEOPENARMSUNO, off Sicily – Migrants aboard the Open Arms Uno rescue boat cheered, hugged crew members, and danced with pleasure on Friday as they had been informed they'd be allowed to disembark on the Italian port of Messina after spending at the least 10 days at sea.
“I’m very completely happy as a result of lastly I can see my brother. It’s simply superior,” 23-year-old Salah, one among 99 migrants onboard, informed Reuters.
Spanish charity Open Arms on Aug. 17 rescued 101 migrants, largely Egyptian males, in a rickety wood boat off the Tunisian coast that had been adrift for at the least a day.
One man in want of pressing medical consideration had been allowed to disembark in Italy together with his companion, however the remaining had been informed to stay onboard the rescue vessel whereas it sought permission to disembark.
It formally requested a port from Italian authorities per week in the past and its search and rescue coordinator David Llado mentioned on Thursday the lengthy wait had led to tensions because the migrants’ despair grew.
Open Arms, which is especially funded by small non-public contributions, has rescued 1000's of migrants at sea because it started working in 2015.
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