More than 1,400 migrants rescued in the last hours by the Italian coast guard
It has been a great rescue operation, where up to three large barges full of people were in danger of capsizing.
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Image of the rescued boat with the migrants on board. Photo: EFE
Euskaraz irakurri: Italiako kostazainek 1,400 migratzaile baino gehiago erreskatatu dituzte azken orduetan
The Italian coastguard service announced this Saturday the rescue of more than 1400 migrants in the last hourscharacterized by a large salvage operation in its area of operation, where up to three large barges full of people were in danger of capsizing.
It’s about more than 500 people transferred aboard the rescue ship ‘Diciotti’, other 379 divided into two other coast guard patrol boats and then transferred to the Navy ship ‘Sirio’, headed for the port of Augusta.
To these must be added the more than 500 people traveling in a fishing boat in poor condition which was in danger of shipwreck and was sailing, and which have been rescued near the Italian coast of calabria.
The migrants have arrived at the port of Crotona around 00:30 local time escorted by three patrol boats from the Crotone Port Authority and helped by a tug boat, according to ‘Rai’, and they are already at the reception center on Isola di Capo Rizzuto, near Crotone.
According to sources from the newspaper ‘La Repubblica’, the barge was sighted on Friday night by a mission plane from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), and would have left the Libyan region of Cyrenaicain the east of the country.
The NGO Alarm Phone contacted some of the travelers when they were detected, and they made it known on their Twitter account: “They have called us from the Search and Rescue area of Italy and we have already alerted the corresponding authorities. We cannot waste more time and help must be sent immediately”.
74th fatality of the shipwreck
On the other hand, a 5-year-old girl whose body was found today in the sea off the coast of Steccato di Cutro, in the Calabria region, is the 74th official victim of the shipwreck last February 26 in southern Italy.
The sea continues throwing the corpses of the victims of this shipwreck of a fishing boat in which the 80 survivors assure about 200 people traveledmostly Afghans, Iranians, Pakistanis and Syrians, while still searching for the missing.
with this girl are 30 minors who died in tragedy.
Remains of the shipwreck on the coast of Calabria. Photo: EITB MEDIA
Source: Eitb
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