ROME (Reuters) - Italy's governing coalition leaders on Friday cranked up pressure on European Union partners, especially the Netherlands and France, to welcome a humanitarian boat carrying 47 migrants that is being blocked from Italian ports.
The Sea Watch 3, run by a German humanitarian group, plucked the migrants out of a rubber boat off Libya on Saturday. Since then it has been sailing through high winds and 7-metre (23 ft) waves.
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