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Rescue ship Ocean Viking arrives in Pozzallo

epa07959562 Staff members of the rescue ship Ocean Viking are seen on the pier following the landing of 104 migrants rescued in international waters off Lybia on 18 October, in Pozzallo, Sicily, southern Italy, 30 October 2019. Over 100 asylum seekers picked up in the Mediterranean by the NGO-run search-and-rescue ship Ocean Viking were able to disembark in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo on Wednesday. The Italian Interior ministry gave the OK for the ship to dock after France and Germany agreed to receive 70 of the asylum seekers. ANSA/ FRANCESCO RUTA EPA-EFE/FRANCESCO RUTA