The NGO ship Geo Barents, operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), arrived at the port of the southern Italian Adriatic city of Bari on Tuesday with 605 people on board. The migrants had been rescued from Sicily in recent days. There were 151 minors on board, 111 of them alone. Most of the migrants came from Syria, Bangladesh, Palestine and Egypt, authorities said.
The rescue ship “SOS Humanity” with 88 migrants on board also arrived in the port of Livorno on Tuesday. There were ten minors on board. The rescue ship “Nadir” of the German aid organization Resqhip rescued 22 migrants on Whit Monday on board an unseaworthy boat that had departed from Sfax in Tunisia. A fishing boat had asked for help for the migrants. The migrants were taken to Lampedusa on Tuesday evening.
The number of boat people is increasing
The number of migrants arriving in Italy in 2023 is 48,000, compared to 18,000 in the same period in 2022. 130,000 people are housed in Italian reception facilities, which are under intense pressure, according to the Interior Ministry in Rome.
Source: Krone
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