EU agrees stranded migrants can land in Malta

Forty-nine migrants stranded for weeks aboard two rescue ships in the Mediterranean have landed in Malta, following a deal for EU nations to take them in. They had been sailing back and forth in Maltese waters for days after European Union countries refused to allow them to dock.

Migrants who had been stranded on two NGO rescue ships off the coast of Malta for several days disembark from the Maltese Armed Forces in Floriana, Malta Source: AAP