On board the sailboat was a pregnant woman who had to be evacuated by the Malta Coast Guard after falling unconscious.
The Italian authorities have finally allocated the port of Porto Empedocle, in Sicily (south), to the sailboat Astral, owned by the Spanish NGO Open Arms, to disembark the 59 people it rescued in the Mediterranean.
“Many hours have been waiting to have it. There are only a few hours left for all people to step onto safe ground,” the organization reported on its social networks.
This Friday, the crew asked the Italian government to “as a matter of urgency” designate a safe destination to dock the sailboat with the rescued, as among them were infants and unaccompanied minors, but the Italian authorities told them that they had a port in Tunisia.
“We remember that Tunisia cannot be considered a safe landing port as it is an authoritarian regime where the rights of applicants for protection and asylum are not respected,” Open Arms denounced.
On board the sailboat was a pregnant woman who had to be evacuated by the Malta Coast Guard after falling unconscious.
Source: EITB
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