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Hundreds of migrants in limbo as Italy closes ports to NGOs

The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) The SOS Humanity 1 rescue ship run by the German organization SOS Humanitarian, is seen at sea off the shores of Sicily, near Aci Reale, southern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Two German-run migrant rescue ships carrying nearly 300 rescued people are waiting off the eastern coast of Sicily, the Humanity 1 with permission to disembark the most vulnerable migrants while the other's request for a safe port has gone unanswered despite "critical" conditions on board. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli) Migrants are wrapped with blankets as they gather on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants are wrapped with blankets as they gather on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants pray on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants stand inside a facility of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants wrapped in blankets and waterproof bags lie on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants rest inside a facility of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants stand on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants stand on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta) Migrants wrapped in blankets and waterproof bags lie on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, in the Strait of Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincenzo Circosta)