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Spanish rescue boat seeks help for minors
By EUobserver
The captain of a Spanish rescue boat, the Proactiva Open Arms, has asked Spain to grant asylum to 31 minors trapped on board after Italy and Malta refused to let them disembark. The boat, which has 151 people on board, has been stuck off the Italian island of Lampedusa for nine days after rescuing people off the coast of Libya, as southern EU states crack down on migrants.