It was a euphoric moment for the 32 migrants on the NGO vessel Sea Watch 3, as soon as they were told by the crew they would be landing at Malta after an 18-day ordeal.

The migrants, together with another 17 on board the Sea Eye vessel reached Malta on Wednesday afternoon following an agreement which will see them distributed among eight countries.

Watch: PM in blunt explanation as deal is reached for long-suffering stranded migrants

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