SeaWatch families authorised to land

(ANSA) - Rome, May 17 - Families from the migrants rescued by the German NGO ship SeaWatch3 were authorised to land on Friday, the NGO tweeted.
    "The Italian authorities have given us permission to land the families present on board: children, mothers, fathers and an injured woman," it said.
    "The offloading onto the Coast Guard launch is underway".
    Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had said the 65 migrants would not land in Italy.
    Interior ministry sources said 18 of the 65 migrants had been authorised to get off the ship, saying authorisation had only been granted to "accompanied children and a man in precarious health condition".
    Therefore, seven children with their parents, seven mothers and three fathers, plus the ill migrant, will go aboard the Coast Guard vessel.