On Friday 4 January, France, Germany and the Netherlands were among the countries that offered to take in migrants rescued at sea by two NGO boats after being stranded for two weeks off Malta while Malta, Italy and Spain had not yet reported availability to take care of these people in their country.
France and Germany announced on Thursday 3 January, that they could take them in, but as part of a “collective effort” to distribute them among European states, the French government...