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Tapachula (Mexico), Jul 15 (EFE) (camera: Juan Manuel Blanco) .- More than 2,000 migrants, many of them Haitians, remain stranded in Tapachula, in southeastern Mexico.
On board the Ocean Viking, off the shores of southern Europe, tension is mounting among migrants rescued at sea. Some 118 of them fled Libya and were rescued five days ago by the SOS Méditerranée aid ship, which is circling waiting to be assigned a port of disembarkation. IMAGES
Aerial footage shows thousands of migrants still stranded at a Greek border camp, stalled on their journey to western Europe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
About 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim community have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia, according to multiple reports.
Heavy rains have caused flooding in the east of Spain. In the Castelló province, firefighters rescued people trapped in their cars. The Spanish state meteorological agency (AEMET) has announced a risk alert for almost half of the country, including a red alert around Madrid, where citizens have received an emergency message to their mobile phones advising them to stay at home. IMAGES
At least 10,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, are stranded in Necoclí, a port town on the Colombian coast near Panama. According to the local ombudsman, the migrants are held up waiting for boats to take them to the border with the Central American country, in the hope of eventually reaching the United States. IMAGES