A crew member of NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat embraces African migrant in central Mediterranean Sea. REUTERS/Juan Medina
ON BOARD THE OPEN ARMS, Mediterranean (Reuters) - A sea rescue charity is taking a lone survivor and the bodies of two dead migrants found at sea to Spain, it said on Wednesday, after clashing with Italy over what should be done with them.
But Italy's interior minister, who has accused charity groups of lying about the circumstances in which they find migrants at sea, questioned the organisation's version of events.
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