Spain makes new offer to migrants on boat

By Joan Faus and Gavin Jones
Updated August 19 2019 - 7:18am, first published 7:11am
The charity boat Open Arms has not yet accepted an offer to offload 107 migrants at a Spanish port.
The charity boat Open Arms has not yet accepted an offer to offload 107 migrants at a Spanish port.

Spain has offered to allow a charity boat situated off the coast of Italy with more than 100 people on board to dock at the nearest Spanish port after the Open Arms charity rejected a plan to dock in Algeciras because it was too far away.

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