A group of migrants have been rescued after jumping into the sea from a humanitarian rescue ship off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy. The boat has been stranded for 19 days. Get the full story:
A similar incident happened on Sunday when four people jumped in the sea and were chased down and brought back to the boat.
The Open Arms captain has warned authorities that the crew of 17 can no longer control the situation as frustrated migrants have begun to fight. A series of stand-offs with Italy started immediately after the populist coalition of League and 5-Star Movement took office last June. Open Arms sailed within a few hundred metres of Lampedusa after winning a court ruling overturning Mr Salvini's ban on private rescue boats entering Italy's territorial waters.Meanwhile, the Norwegian-flagged Ocean Viking, which is operated by two French humanitarian groups and has 356 rescued migrants aboard, has been sailing between Malta and the Italian island of Linosa as it waits for a port of safety to be assigned.
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