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France insists Italy 'play its part' and allow migrant ship Ocean Viking to dock

Migrants wrapped in blankets and waterproof bags lie on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea on 5 November, 2022. © AP - Vincenzo Circosta

France denounced as "unacceptable" Italy's refusal to allow a migrant ship to dock, as the two countries argued over where the ship with 234 people on it should land

The row centres on the Ocean Viking, a ship carrying the refugees, which has sailed from Sicilian waters towards France after unsuccessfully waiting for permission to dock in Italy since late October.

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