Germany to take in some Sea-Watch migrants after EU deal struck - source


  • World
  • Tuesday, 02 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: The Sea-Watch 3 rescue ship leaves after migrants disembarked at the port in Lampedusa, Italy June 29, 2019. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has agreed to take in about a dozen of the 41 migrants who arrived in Italy last month on board German charity rescue ship Sea-Watch, an Italian government source said on Tuesday.

The compromise to diffuse tensions with the Italian government, which had ordered the ship not to enter Italian waters, also includes France, Portugal, Finland, and Luxemburg, which have agreed to share the burden of hosting the migrants.

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