Migrants 'going mad' jump in sea in desperate bid to reach Italy
Some 107 migrants have been stranded on the Open Arms ship for 19 days during a stand-off with Italian authorities.
Migrants have jumped in the sea in a desperate attempt to reach an Italian island after being stranded on a boat for 19 days.
The Open Arms humanitarian group said the Italian coastguard was trying to rescue nine people after another man had thrown himself in earlier in the day.
He was rescued but refused to return to the ship, which has been involved in a stand-off with Italy as hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini refuses to allow it to dock.
The migrants were trying to reach the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, only a few hundred metres away.
Spanish public broadcaster TVE, reporting from on board, said those jumping were "desperate and going mad".
Footage shows people wearing orange life vests as a coastguard vessel and rubber dinghies try to reach them.
A similar incident happened a few days ago when four more people jumped in the sea and were chased down by the crew.
Source : https://news.sky.com/story/migrants-going-mad-jump-in-sea-in-desperate-bid-to-reach-italy-11789721
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