France on Thursday mentioned it had determined to permit the evacuation on well being grounds of 4 individuals aboard the Ocean Viking charity ship carrying over 200 migrants.

The Ocean Viking vessel has been at sea for greater than two weeks since its first rescue within the central Mediterranean and it mentioned on Tuesday it will now head to France, hoping to discover a berth thee after Italy refused entry to its ports.

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