Migrants are seen on board the MV Aquarius, in the Mediterranean Sea, between Malta and Linosa, August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
VALLETTA/MADRID (Reuters) - Five European Union countries agreed on Tuesday to take in 141 migrants on board the Mediterranean rescue ship Aquarius, prompting Malta to say it would allow the ship, already barred from three coastal states, to dock.
The boat, run by the Franco-German charity SOS Méditerranée and Doctors without Borders (MSF), has already been at the centre of a continent-wide tug-of-war over how to cope with the arrival of seaborne migrants.
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