Italian Coastguard Ship Carrying 522 Migrants Docks In Sicily
Umer Jamshaid Published June 20, 2018 | 11:36 AM
Rome, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jun, 2018 ) :An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy off Libya last week, arrived Tuesday night at a port in Sicily, days after the new far-right interior minister banned NGO rescue ships from docking in Italy.
"Diciotti ship finally lands in Pozzallo taking 522 people to safe port," the UNHCR Italy tweeted.
"They were rescued in multiple operations, 42 of them survived drowning and they need urgent medical care and psychological support," the UN refugee agency said, adding that it was at the scene along with Italian authorities and humanitarian organisations.
A dozen very dehydrated migrants, including six children, three women and one man, had already been sent to Pozzallo and taken into care by the Italian Red Cross.
It is not known whether they were part of the group of 41 migrants rescued from a vessel in distress off Libya last Tuesday by the USNS Trenton, which transferred them to the Diciotti.
The crew of the US fast transport ship also spotted 12 bodies in the water but were unable to locate them during a search after the rescue, the US Navy said.
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