Italy authorized on November 6, an NGO ship carrying some 800 migrants rescued at sea, including hundreds of minors and five pregnant women to access Trapani, Sicily, German NGO Sea-Eye told AFP.
The Sea Eye NGO had already rescued nearly 400 people in distress at sea on Wednesday and assisted 400 others on a wooden boat that threatened to sink on Thursday.
Last night, #OceanViking mobilised to assist ~400 people in distress 10 hours from her position. People were recovered by #SeaEye4 before our arrival on scene. We have assisted #SeaEye4 & over 800 survivors onboard their ship with extra food supplies last night and this morning. pic.twitter.com/CVGbC2lCqK
— SOS MEDITERRANEE (@SOSMedIntl) November 4, 2021
There were more than 200 minors including several children aged under 10, and 5 pregnant women on board, the NGO said in a statement, specifying that 200 people had been treated so far.
Italy represents one of the main destinations for most migrants coming from North Africa, mainly from Tunisia.
According to data from the Ministry of the Interior, nearly 55,000 migrants have crossed into Italy since the start of this year, compared to 30,000 in 2020.
Italy’s former Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini was adopting a policy of “closing ports.”
Most recently, Salvini went on trial last Saturday for allegedly illegally blocking 147 rescued migrants in Italy’s sea in 2019, according to Italian media.
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