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France grants port to migrant rescue ship amid Italy rift

Migrants disembark from the German humanitarian ship Rise Above docked in the southern Italian port town of Reggio Calabria, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. German humanitarian group Mission Lifeline said its ship docked in southern Italy early Tuesday and disembarked the 89 people it had rescued in the central Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro) Some of the migrants rescued from the sea are seen on board of the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking cruising in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. The SOS Mediterranee humanitarian group said the Norwegian-flagged ship is heading toward the French island of Corsica in hopes that France will offer its 234 passengers a safe port, after Italy backed down and allowed migrants from three other rescue ships to disembark on Italian soil. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Some of the migrants rescued from the sea are seen on board of the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking cruising in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. The SOS Mediterranee humanitarian group said the Norwegian-flagged ship is heading toward the French island of Corsica in hopes that France will offer its 234 passengers a safe port, after Italy backed down and allowed migrants from three other rescue ships to disembark on Italian soil. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Some of the migrants rescued from the sea are seen on board of the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking cruising in the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. The SOS Mediterranee humanitarian group said the Norwegian-flagged ship is heading toward the French island of Corsica in hopes that France will offer its 234 passengers a safe port, after Italy backed down and allowed migrants from three other rescue ships to disembark on Italian soil. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants disembark from the German humanitarian ship Rise Above docked in the southern Italian port town of Reggio Calabria, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.German humanitarian group Mission Lifeline said its ship docked in southern Italy early Tuesday and disembarked the 89 people it had rescued in the central Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro) The German humanitarian ship Rise Above, left, arrives in the southern Italian port town of Reggio Calabria, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. German humanitarian group Mission Lifeline said its ship docked in southern Italy early Tuesday and disembarked the 89 people it had rescued in the central Mediterranean. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)