Humanitarian Ship Takes 27 Migrants From Danish Tanker

Migrants on the Danish-flagged tanker Maersk Etienne waiting to be transferred on the Mediterranea NGO's Mare Jonio rescue ship (background), in the Mediterranean Sea, on Sept. 11, 2020. Mediterranea Saving Humans/AP

MILAN—Twenty-seven migrants who have grown increasingly distressed aboard a Danish tanker since being rescued at sea more than a month ago have been transferred to a humanitarian rescue ship, a nongovernmental organization said on Friday.

Mediterranea Saving Humans immediately appealed to Malta to offer a safe port, after taking the migrants on board its ship Mare Jonio.