Migrants, Italy grants the port of Augusta to Ocean Viking

2021-02-07T12:18:18.811Z

Italy - as we learn - has granted the port of Augusta (Syracuse) to Ocean Viking which has 422 migrants on board rescued in recent days off the coast of Libya. Among them also 8 positive results at Covid. The SOS Méditerranée and Doctors Without Borders ship is now a few miles off the southeastern coast of Sicily. Ocean Viking is now heading for freight port. Doctors Without Borders personnel no longer operate on the ship, unlike what was previously communicated.