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News Wrap: Malta accepts stranded migrant ship, ending standstill

Migrants are seen after being rescued by MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres in the central Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Karpov/SOS Mediterranee via Reuters

On both sides of Atlantic, migrants meet hostile reception

On both sides of the Atlantic, migrants flooding across borders by the hundreds each day have met a hostile reception and governments unable to agree on how to cope with the arrivals. In Europe, where far-right parties have joined the…

By Lori Hinnant, Colleen Barry, Associated Press

The MV Aquarius rescue ship is seen as migrants on are rescued by the SOS Mediterranee organisation during a search and rescue (SAR) operation in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan Coast. Photo by Tony Gentile/Reuters

Spain offers to take in migrant ship amid Italy-Malta standoff

Spain stepped up Monday and offered to take in a rescue ship carrying more than 600 migrants after Italy and Malta refused.

By Nicole Winfield, Aritz Parra, Associated Press

French surveillance airplane for migrant traffic crashes in Malta

A small French surveillance airplane crashed in the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on Monday morning, killing all five crew passengers.

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