[Al Jazeera] Maltese authorities have finally allowed 58 migrants colonists off the Aquarius to Valletta after they waited for days in rough seas on the rescue ship that can no longer go to port after its flag was pulled.
The migrants colonists, including Libyans, sub-Saharan Africans and Afghans, boarded two buses at a Malta Armed Forces base in Valletta on Sunday after being transferred from the Aquarius to a Maltese patrol boat in international waters.
"All migrants colonists who disembarked in Malta will be transferred to four other European countries in the coming days," the Government of Malta said in a statement.
The migrants colonists include a five-month pregnant woman and Bella the dog, the first animal rescued with migrants colonists in the Mediterranean and they are to be sent on to four European countries after a tense standoff over their fate last week.
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