France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania have agreed to take in the 356 migrants on board the rescue ship. The ship received permission to disembark the migrants in Malta.
Jerry Essan Masslo was killed during the robbery that targeted migrant farmworkers. His murder shook Italy. It led the government to issue the first measures to regularize migrants.
There are 356 migrants on the Ocean Viking ship, which has not been allowed to dock by Italian and Maltese authorities for two weeks. The vessel picked up several groups of migrants but is running out of food.
The United Nations want Italy to do more to prevent the exploitation of migrant farmworkers and to dismantle the illegal labor system known as "caporalato."
The over 80 migrants who disembarked on Lampedusa are once again in limbo. EU states have not sorted out yet how they will be relocated. One week ago, six countries had declared their general willingness to take the migrants in.
Mimmo Lucano, a pro-migrant activist and former mayor of Italian town Riace, has been banned from returning to his town. A petition is calling for that ban to be lifted so he can visit his sick father.
There is a "psychological emergency" for the migrants on the Ocean Viking, according to Luca Pigozzi, a doctor onboard the rescue ship. The Ocean Viking has been waiting for a port to disembark for almost two weeks.
The latest stand-off between the Open Arms ship and the Italian authorities gained a lot of political and international attention. But while the private rescue boat was still waiting for an open port, several small migrant boats quietly landed in Italy – despite Salvini's "closed ports" policy.
An Italian church sexton originally from Burundi was reportedly beaten up by a man who called him the n-word and told him to "go back to his country."
Italy has allowed over 80 migrants who have been stranded on a Spanish migrant rescue vessel off the coast of Lampedusa to disembark. Prosecutors said the decision was due to the "difficult" situation on board.
Embattled Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is not a fan of private migrant rescue missions in the Mediterranean, to say the least. Since he took office in mid-2018, there have been about a dozen prominent stand-offs between Salvini and rescue ships.
The migrant rescue charity 'Open Arms' has rejected a Spanish government offer for its vessel to dock at a Balearic Island port. It was the second offer the group rejected, citing an "urgent" and "inhumane" situation.