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After being refused or ignored by seven ports, 180 migrants enter Italy - The Mississippi Link

After spending 11 days at sea on the humanitarian rescue ship Ocean Viking, which declared a state of emergency over six apparent suicide attempts, 180 migrants stepped onto Italian soil on the morning of July 7. The migrants, including 25 minors and two women - one of whom was pregnant - were mainly from Bangladesh, []

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