A migrant rescue boat turned away by Italy and Malta arrived at the Spanish port of Valencia on Sunday (June 17), ending a grueling voyage which has made it a symbol of Europe's failure to agree on immigration.
Spain swooped to help 629 mainly sub-Saharan Africans on board the Aquarius last week after Italy's new government, asserting its anti-immigrant credentials, refused to let it dock. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who took office two weeks ago, took the opportunity to show a more liberal stance.
In Valencia, officials in white protective suits and masks greeted the migrants as they debarked and police started identifying them and processing their information.
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