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New wave of landings, over 650 migrants in two days
June 16, 2013
Lampedusa, June 16 (LaPresse) - More than 650 migrants in the last 24 hours they reached the Italian coast, in particular Sicily and Calabria. In the morning 259 people arrived at the port of Lampedusa, after being rescued by the Coast Guard in the night and yellow flames. To facilitate landings are the good weather and sea conditions. Yesterday in Roccella Jonica, in the province of Reggio Calabria, had reached 159 people, including Nojian, a child born on board the barge during the seven-day voyage.
229 IN THE RAGUSANO . A boat carrying 229 migrants of Eritrean nationality is arrived at around 20 yesterday on the coast of Pozzallo, in Ragusa. On board were 44 women, four of them pregnant, and four children two and three years. Six women were taken to hospital for tests. The boat, 13 meters long, has been spotted around 18.45 in the afternoon and two patrol boats of the Coast Guard have reached. Having established the health conditions of migrants the boat was escorted into port.
A PALERMO 259 MIGRANTS. At 5:30 this morning at the port of Lampedusa, 109 migrants arrived - all men of alleged Eritrean nationality - on board ship Libra Navy and a Coast Guard patrol boat. At 7 arrived in the port pelagic migrants also 95 (and not 80 as initially announced) rescued this night by a patrol boat of the coast guard and a financial police while they were clinging to a tuna cage.
In addition, at 7.10 am arrived in Lampedusa another 55 migrants, including 46 men, eight women and a child, rescue before the vessel, Italian End and subsequently transferred to a Coast Guard patrol boat.
IN SYRACUSE UNTRACED GROUND 20 MIGRANTS . This night along the coast of Syracuse - between Punta del Pero and Uzza Earth - have been traced on the ground by the state police 20 migrants. The patrol boats of the harbor of Syracuse patrolled stretch of coastline in search of nautical craft used for landing, with negative results.
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Received on Sun Jun 16 2013 - 12:39:39 EDT