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Italy: 70 migrants on ship awaiting OK to land jump into sea

| September 17, 2020 9:27 AM

MILAN (AP) — More than 70 migrants on a rescue ship awaiting permission to dock in southern Italy jumped into the sea in frustration Thursday and were picked up by Italian authorities off Palermo, a Spanish humanitarian group said.

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