FILE PHOTO: Spanish migrant rescue ship Open Arms is seen close to the Italian shore in Lampedusa, Italy August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - Five EU states agreed to take in scores of migrants stranded for weeks on board a crowded rescue ship, EU authorities said on Wednesday, ending a prolonged standoff with Rome over their fate.
The around one hundred mostly African migrants, picked up in the Mediterranean from early August onwards by the Open Arms, had been forced to remain on the Spanish-registered vessel after the Italian government refused to allow it to dock in line with a closed ports policy it adopted last year.
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