Rescued migrants in stand-off with Italy

By Frances D'Emilio and Renata Brito
Updated August 20 2019 - 8:33am, first published 8:28am
The migrant rescue ship Open Arms is in a standoff with Italian officials, after minors disembarked.
The migrant rescue ship Open Arms is in a standoff with Italian officials, after minors disembarked.

The Spanish rescue ship Open Arms resorted to serving pizzas to 107 increasingly angry migrants who are stranded aboard, as Italy's interior minister stuck to his refusal to let the vessel dock at a nearby Italian island.

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