Rescue ship carrying 257 migrants docks in Sicily port

Migrants wait to disembark from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 as it arrives with 257 rescued migrants on board in Trapani on the island of Sicily, Italy August 7, 2021. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

TRAPANI, Italy (Reuters) - A ship carrying 257 migrants docked in the Italian port of Trapani on Saturday almost a week after rescuing the people from international waters off Tunisia.

Migrants onboard the vessel, mainly men from Morocco, Bangladesh, Egypt and Syria, waved and applauded as the ship, run by German organisation Sea Watch, approached the port of Trapani on the Italian island of Sicily.