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— Open Arms (@openarms_fund) August 17, 2019
Comienza el desembarco de los 27 menores no acompaƱados. El cuerpo de #Guardia di Finanza y Guardacostas italianosos trasladan desde #OpenArms a Lampedusa. pic.twitter.com/5L5MJHGND1
Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Under political heat, Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini reluctantly loosened the ban Saturday to let 27 unaccompanied minors off the stranded migrant rescue ship.
The humanitarian ship operated by Spanish nonprofit group Proactiva Open Arms has been stranded off the Italian island of Lampedusa, and an Italian court ruled earlier in the week to allow it to dock in Italy despite Salvini's ban against the ship docking in Italy.