Rescue ship carrying Bangladeshis among 257 migrants docks in Italy port

Migrants wait to disembark from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 after it arrived with 257 rescued migrants on board in Trapani on the island of Sicily, Italy, 7 August 2021.

Migrants wait to disembark from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 after it arrived with 257 rescued migrants on board in Trapani on the island of Sicily, Italy, 7 August 2021. 
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The migrants were tested for Covid-19 before being transferred onto a quarantine ship where they are expected to stay for two weeks as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, a Reuters witness said.

Migrant children queue to be swabbed for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by Italian Red Cross and health authority personnel before disembarking from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 after it arrived with 257 rescued migrants on board in Trapani on the island of Sicily, Italy, 7 August 2021.

Migrant children queue to be swabbed for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by Italian Red Cross and health authority personnel before disembarking from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 after it arrived with 257 rescued migrants on board in Trapani on the island of Sicily, Italy, 7 August 2021. 
Reuters

Ocean Viking is still at sea.

Migrant boat departures from Libya and Tunisia to Italy and other parts of Europe have increased in recent months due to warmer weather.

According to the UN-affiliated International Organization for Migration, more than 1,100 people fleeing conflict and poverty in Africa and the Middle East have perished this year in the Mediterranean.