Spain agreed to open its port today (June 11, 2018) to a boat carrying more than 600 migrants after it was left stranded in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the UPI website.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gave instructions today for Spain to offer a "safe port" to the vessel Aquarius after officials in Italy and Malta refused to allow the boat to dock.
"It is our obligation to help avoid a humanitarian catastrophe and offer a safe port to these people, as such meeting with the obligations of international law," Sanchez said.
The ship was carrying at least 629 people, including more than 100 children, picked up during six rescue operations off the coast of Libya.
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