Many people are missing. Among the dead were several women and a child.
C. Roubini Chinnapa9 CTC, Vatican News
The danger warning was given by the NGO SOS Mediterranean, which reached the Mediterranean Sea with the ship Ocean Viking. The humanitarian organization explained on its social channels that the boat they boarded was in the open sea for a week after the ship left Zawiya on the Libyan coast, according to initial reports. The explanation can be seen that after three days of travel, the engine broke down and the boat’s passengers were stranded at sea without water or food. A massive plan has been activated for emergency medical examination to treat those survivors who are extremely physically and mentally exhausted. A Coast Guard helicopter search has also requested two people, who were found unconscious and in critical condition, be taken to a hospital in Sicily.
Meanwhile, 217 migrants have arrived in Lampedusa in the last few hours, including more than 100 people who left Tunisia and Libya and arrived overnight in the Pelagie Islands and Lampion Island. They were assisted by the Italian police and the shipyard authorities. According to Frontex, the EU’s external border control agency, the first two months of 2024 were the months with the largest drop (more than 70%) in irregular border crossings along the central Mediterranean route. Meanwhile, West African and Eastern Mediterranean routes recorded the highest increases of +541% and +117% respectively.
Overall, the number of irregular migrants reached 31,200. This is the same level as a year ago. In the January-February period, authorities reported 3,050 irregular border crossings, a sharp drop of nearly 65% in migrant arrivals through the Western Balkans.
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2024-03-15 13:39:55
