230 migrants are now on land after a rescue ship docked in Malta on Wednesday after being refused docking rights in Italy and Spain.
The 230 migrants will be split among eight European member states, as calls against NGO migrant work intensifies.
From Brussels, Our Europe Correspondent Jack Parrock reports
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