Migrants try to swim to Italian island

By Frances D'Emilio
Updated August 18 2019 - 11:48pm, first published 11:45pm
Italy's right-wing government is refusing to allow a rescue ship carrying 107 migrants to dock.
Italy's right-wing government is refusing to allow a rescue ship carrying 107 migrants to dock.

Several migrants have jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat, which has been blocked for days from docking at an Italian island, in a thwarted bid to reach land on their own.

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