A Danish container ship has been allowed to berth in the Sicilian harbour of Pozzallo to disembark 106 migrants ,after a standoff lasting four days.

The Italian Interior Ministry confirmed it had given the go-ahead for the MV Alexander Maersk to berth, after having refused it permission for several days.

It entered harbour shortly after midnight, having been idle off Sicily awaiting instructions.

The mayor of Pozzallo was among those who campaigned for the migrants to be let in, on humanitarian grounds. 

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