Madrid (AFP)

The NGO Proactiva Open Arms, which refused Sunday the offer of Spain to host his boat carrying a hundred migrants to Algeciras, on Monday ruled "incomprehensible" the new proposal of Madrid to land in the Balearic Islands.

"After 18 days of impasse, Italy and Spain seem to have reached an agreement by designating Mallorca (Balearic Islands) as a port of landing, a decision that seems totally incomprehensible to us," the NGO said. a statement.

"While our boat is 800 m from the coast of Lampedusa, the European states are asking a small NGO like ours to face (...) 3 days of sailing in harsh weather conditions," the organization added. Spanish.

The Spanish government immediately denied the existence of an agreement with Italy and assured that it did not receive a "clear and direct response" from the NGO on a landing in the Balearic Islands.

"It's not about accepting or not accepting," said a spokeswoman for Open Arms.

"The answer we gave them is that we can not guarantee the safety of these people on our boat, since Italy and Spain have assumed the responsibility of these people, that they find solutions", she added.

The Italian Minister of Transport, Danilo Toninelli, minister responsible for the Italian Coast Guard, assured Sunday night that they were "ready to accompany the NGO to the Spanish port, with all the necessary technical support."

Madrid had proposed Sunday to the ship that still has 105 adults and two children to land in Algeciras, in the extreme south of Spain, which the NGO had deemed "absolutely unachievable".

The Spanish government then proposed the Balearic Islands, closer but still distant a thousand kilometers from Lampedusa.

"Algeciras is an authorized port that has all the quick means of reception.They told us that it was far, so we offered them the nearest port (Spanish) which is that of the Balearic Islands. said no, "assured the number two of the Spanish government Carmen Calvo Monday, before the government says it has not received a" clear "response from Open Arms.

An agreement between European countries plans to divide immediately after landing these migrants between France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and Spain.

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