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Rescue Ships Holding More Than 600 Migrants Reach Spain

A convoy of rescue ships docked in Spain Sunday, after more than 600 migrants — including children and pregnant women — were turned away by Italy and Malta.
The Aquarius rescue ship enters the port of Valencia on Sunday. The 630 migrants whose rescue sparked a major migration row in Europe began disembarking in Spain after a turbulent week that saw Italy turn away the Aquarius ship.

After spending seven days at sea, 630 migrants arrived at the Spanish port of Valencia Sunday morning.

Their arrival marked an end to a more than 800-mile journey that began off the coast of Libya where the migrants were rescued by the ship Aquarius.

Upon arrival in

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