The Latest: 217 migrants in Black Sea were aiming for Europe

Migrants wait to be rescued from a rubber dinghy by members of the Spanish NGO ProActiva Open Arms during an operation on the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. ProActiva Open Arms rescued more than 200 migrants Wednesday morning from foundering rubber dinghies about 25 miles north of the Libyan coastal town of al-Khums. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen) Migrants wait to be rescued from a rubber dinghy by members of the Spanish NGO ProActiva Open Arms during an operation on the Mediterranean Sea, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. ProActiva Open Arms rescued more than 200 migrants Wednesday morning from foundering rubber dinghies about 25 miles north of the Libyan coastal town of al-Khums. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

By Associated Press September 9, 2017 3 min read

ISTANBUL (AP) – The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):

3:40 p.m.

Coast guard forces from Romania and Bulgaria have intercepted 217 migrants in the Black Sea who are suspected of trying to illegally enter Romania.

Romanian border police said Saturday they spotted a tourist ship carrying 97 migrants from Iran and Iraq sailing close to Romanian waters late Friday. The ship, carrying 40 men, 21 women and 36 children, was taken to the port of Mangalia.

Separately, a joint Romanian-Bulgarian effort blocked a fishing vessel carrying 120 migrants in the Black Sea late Friday near the northern Bulgarian town of Shabla. The ship and its passengers were handed over to Turkey.