The central Mediterranean’s only remaining migrant rescue boat has waited at sea for days while European leaders debated which country would take in the 58 migrants on board. A deal was finally struck on Wednesday, but politics is making rescue missions increasingly difficult. Host Marco Werman speaks to Nick Romaniuk, the search and rescue coordinator on board the vessel off the coast of Malta.
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