VALENCIA, Spain — An aid group’s ship and two Italian military vessels docked Sunday at the Spanish port of Valencia, ending a weeklong ordeal for hundreds of people who were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea only to become pawns in a European political fight. The Italian coast guard vessel Dattilo was the first of the boats in the convoy bearing 630 migrants to touch land, pulling in just before 7 a.m.
Convoy Reaches Spain Amid Migration Debate
RENATA BRITO, IAIN SULLIVAN and JOSEPH WILSON, Associated Press, The Columbian
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