Migrants sit onboard "Ocean Viking" ship as they wait to disembark, in Augusta, Sicily, Italy July 9, 2021. Claire Juchat/SOS MEDITERRANEE/Handout via REUTERS
ROME (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean disembarked on Friday in the southern Italian town of Augusta, in Sicily, after Rome-based maritime authorities agreed to give their ship a port.
The Ocean Viking vessel, operated by SOS Mediterranee, carried 572 people, including around 180 minors, after picking them up in six separate operations in Maltese and Libyan search and rescue areas, the European NGO said.
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