An overcrowded asylum seeker ship will be welcomed in Spain after being refused by Italy and Malta and other Zedlines.
The Aquarius rescue ship carrying over 600 asylum seekers will travel to Spain this week after Italy and Malta refused to let the migrants dock.
The boat has been afloat in the central Mediterranean sea since Sunday and is heavily overcrowded, sparking concerns the 4-day trip would be too much for its already exhausted passengers.
Two Italian boats moved alongside the Aquarius on Tuesday to share out the load of migrants, however, “Doctors Without Borders”, which is operating the ship alongside SOS Mediterranean, urged Rome to drop the journey that will travel through predicted stormy seas, calling for people’s safety to come before politics.