After rescue by Open Arms, 99 migrants wait to dock in Europe

FILE PHOTO: Migrants queue for breakfast on their sixth day waiting for a safe port to disembark on board of NGO Proactiva Open Arms Uno rescue boat in central Mediterranean Sea, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS UNO, off Sicily (Reuters) - Around 30 nautical miles off the coast of Italy's Sicily, 99 migrants are awaiting an update on their future after nine days at sea as nearby nations discuss who should receive them.

Spanish charity Open Arms on Aug. 17 rescued 101 mainly Egyptian male migrants in a rickety wooden boat off the Tunisian coast that had been adrift at least since Aug. 16.