Sunday, September 8

TOULON: All migrants on board a rescue ship turned back by Italy have disembarked in France, authorities said Saturday, as the vessel left to undergo maintenance at another port.The Ocean Viking, operated by a French NGO, will in a few weeks’ time leave the other port in France to return to save more migrants in the Mediterranean.The ship run by SOS Mediterranee had picked up more than 230 migrants at sea near the Libyan coast before spending weeks seeking a port to accept them.France allowed the boat to dock at the southern port of Toulon on Friday after Rome denied it access.French authorities said the last of the 230 passengers disembarked late Friday…
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