Dozens of people rescued at sea allowed to leave ship in Italy after stand-off

Migrants disembark from the German humanitarian ship Rise Above docked in the southern Italian port town of Reggio Calabria (Valeria Ferraro/AP)

Dozens of people who were rescued at sea have disembarked from a German humanitarian group’s ship in southern Italy, ending one migrant rescue saga as three others continued under Italy’s new hard-right government.

Mission Lifeline posted videos on social media of the Rise Above docking in Reggio Calabria and said the “odyssey of 89 passengers and nine crew members on board seems to be over”.