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Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship back in the water after 10-day stoppage

The Ocean Viking vessel in an Italian port in 2020 (illustration) AP - Fabio Peonia

The French-operated migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking has been cleared to leave the Italian port where it has been stuck for ten days in a bureaucratic wrangle.

Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee said Italian authorities at Civitavecchia port outside Rome, having called into question the vessel's safety standards, had given the green light for it to set to sea once more.

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