Migrants: 1,428 aboard coast guard ship land in Catania

935 in Salerno and 860 in Brindisi

ANSAmed

14 July 2017


(ANSAmed) - PALERMO, JULY 14 - The 'Diciotti' coast guard vessel arrived in Catania on Friday morning with 1,428 migrants on board, including 100 minors, who were rescued in different operations over the past few days. Disembarking operations are ongoing.

-The Vos Prudence ship of Doctors Without Borders arrived Friday morning in Salerno at 7 am with 935 migrants on board. When disembarking operations, the 21st on the coasts of Salerno, will be completed, migrants will be transferred according to a national hosting plan.

Some 150 will be taken to a hosting center in the Lombardy region, 100 in Campania, as many in Lazio (in the cities of Frosinone, Latina and Viterbo), 80 in Piedmont, 55 in Veneto, 50 in Emilia-Romagna and as many in Abruzzo, Molise, Umbria and Marche. Out of the 935 migrants, 793 are men, 125 women (including seven who are pregnant and one who was in labor and was immediately disembarked with a wounded 30-year-old) and 16 minors, including two newborns.

-A ship with 860 migrants on board rescued in the strait of Sicily landed this morning in Brindisi, where migrants will be identified and given medical assistance. The vessel is the Acquarius of association Sos Mediterranée aboard which baby Cristo was born. The migrants will be divided mostly between Lombardy and Lazio, as well as in Piedmont, Veneto, Tuscany, Puglia, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche, Abruzzo, Molise and Umbria. (ANSAmed)


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