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The ‘Iuventa’, a rescue ship run by young German NGO ‘Jugend Rettet’ (Youth Saves), sails off the Libyan coast during a rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea.  ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP

 

Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Sunday said his country will take in 19 migrants rescued after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean overnight.

Seventeen migrants had initially been rescued by Malta’s armed forces in the country’s search and rescue area, but a pregnant woman and child were then saved after survivors said they were missing.

“We have found them, and they are all alive,” Muscat told journalists, adding that he had given instructions for the group to be brought to Malta.

However, Malta is still refusing to take in 40 migrants who have been stranded for a week after being rescued by a commercial ship within the country’s search and rescue area.

On Thursday the government strongly rejected reports that Malta broke international rules by directing the…



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