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TEHRAN, Apr 05 - Germany says it has asked the European Commission to find a safe port for a German humanitarian group's boat carrying 64 rescued migrants. Berlin says it is willing to take some of them in but expects European partners to do so as well.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The group, Sea-Eye, asked Berlin to use diplomatic channels to find a port for the migrants on the Alan Kurdi ship. Malta and Italy have refused to open ports to humanitarian rescue ships, saying their activities encourage smugglers.
German Interior Ministry spokesman Stefan Ruwwe-Gloesenkamp said Berlin has asked the European Union's executive Commission to coordinate the search for a safe port. He said Germany trusts that "a large number of member states" will be prepared to take in migrants and Berlin is ready to do "its part."
Source: AP
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