Italy and Malta deny ship carrying 629 migrants access to port

Italy's new government this weekend refused port access to a ship carrying 629 migrants. And so has Malta. "When new political winds are blowing, as is the case in Italy now, we expect that a political solution will be found," says Director Maria Skipper Schwenn, Danish Shipping, to ShippingWatch.
Photo: /ritzau/Marius Nyheim
Photo: /ritzau/Marius Nyheim
BY RITZAU/AP & SHIPPINGWATCH

For more than 24 hours, a private rescue ship has been sailing around in the Mediterranean carrying 629 migrants without being able to call in a port.

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