The Diplomat. 15/08/2018
Spain will host 60 migrants of the 141 who travel aboard the ship ‘Aquarius’ in the framework of an agreement involving five other European countries: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal and Malta, according to government sources. The ship will dock on the coasts of Malta.
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, underlined in his Twitter account that the agreement has been coordinated by Spain and is the first operation for the distribution of migrants among several European states. «Thanks,» he said, «to the path we undertook in June, promoting an exit common and solidary to the migratory flows «.
