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German official: migrants should be able to disembark ship off Italian coast

NGO rescue ship Humanity 1 is docked in the port of Catania after Italy allowed disembarkation of children and sick people in Catania, Italy, November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

Germany is in talks with Rome about the fate of rescued migrants who were stranded on a German-flagged charity vessel off the Italian coast and wants them to be given permission to disembark, a spokesperson said on Monday.

The vessel had refused to leave the Sicilian port of Catania on Sunday, after Italian authorities said not all the migrants it was carrying could disembark, the NGO responsible for the vessel said.

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