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Spanish humanitarian ship Open Arms arrives off the island of Lampedusa with 147 migrants on board, after a judge in Rome suspended far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's decree banning them from Italy's territorial waters. IMAGES
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola awards the Catalonian Parliament's Gold Medal, its highest award, to migrant rescue ship captain Carola Rackete and Proactiva Open Arms founder Oscar Camps. IMAGES
An NGO ship which saved 87 migrants in distress off the coast of Libya docks in Spain after roaming the Mediterranean for days, the third such vessel to be allowed to enter the country in two monthsafter Italy refused to take them in. IMAGES
The boat of the Spanish NGO 'Proactiva Open Arms', with 60 migrants on board rescued off the coast of Libya, arrives in the port of Barcelona, Spain after having been turned away by Italy. IMAGES
Rescue ship Aquarius (with orange hull) arrives in the Spanish port of Valencia. The 630 migrants whose rescue sparked a major migration row in Europe began disembarking various ships, after a turbulent week that saw Italy turn away the Aquarius ship. 1ST IMAGES
A charity ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean enters the French port of Toulon, after the country allowed the ship to disembark in response to Italy's refusal to take passengers in. IMAGES