On 23 August, European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, welcomed the solution found on the same day by Malta and six other European countries to allow the 356 migrants from the Norwegian-flagged vessel Ocean Viking to disembark.
These people had been waiting for a solution for two weeks. Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced that they would be relocated to several countries and that none would remain in Malta.
The countries volunteering to host these migrants are...