A delegation from Italy’s guarantor of personal rights office has boarded a coast guard ship in a Sicilian port with 150 African migrants stuck aboard for days, after the Italian interior minister vowed none will set foot on Italian soil. A delegation from Italy’s guarantor of personal rights office has boarded a coast ... more

Migrants wait to disembark from Italian Coast Guard ship Diciotti in the port of Catania, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Many of the 150 migrants stranded aboard a coast guard ship for a ninth day began a hunger strike Friday out of frustration that Italy won't let them disembark in Sicily unless fellow European Union nations first pledge to take them, authorities said, in the latest standoff provoked by Italy's anti-migrant interior minister.
Representatives from 12 European Union countries do not reach an agreement on Italy's request to take in the 150 migrants still remaining on the Diciotti-class vessel in Catania, Sicily, after their rescue by the Italian Coast Guard nine days ago.