Rescue ship docks in Malta after seven countries agree to take refugees, Ireland commits to taking 25

The MV Lifeline had been stranded off the Maltese coast for several days after a number of European countries refused it permission to dock.

A humanitarian rescue ship blocked at sea for nearly a week as European nations argued over its fate has arrived in Malta to disembark 234 migrants.

The ship picked up the migrants off the Libyan coast six days ago but has been waiting at sea for safe haven since then.