German rescue boat carrying 800 migrants reaches Sicilian port

The Sea-Eye 4 ship with more than 800 people on board arrives in Trapani (Alberto Lo Bianco/LaPresse via AP)

A German humanitarian ship carrying more than 800 rescued migrants arrived into a Sicilian port on Sunday after being granted permission by Italian authorities following days of waiting at sea.

The charity group Sea-Eye said the vessel Sea-Eye 4 was assigned to the port of Trapani, in western Sicily, on Saturday evening.