( CNN) Hundreds of migrants who were left to drift in the Mediterranean after Italy and Malta turned them away arrived in Spain on Sunday, objective, at the least temporarily, a political crisis in Europe over policing the continent’s southern border.
Aquarius, which was originally carrying more than 600 rescued migrants, was left stranded in the Mediterranean for two days after Matteo Salvini, Italy’s hardline interior minister and leader of the anti-immigration League party, refused to allow it to dock last Sunday. After Spain offered to take in the survivors, the ship started an 800 -mile journey to the city of Valencia along with the two Italian ships, which were sent to ease the overcrowding.
Here’s what the journey has been like for those on board :D TAG 3 TT