In Sicilian Palermo, 606 from Mediterranean rescued boat refugees were brought ashore, among m 241 children and adolescents. The charity SOS Méditerranée had taken people in seven missions during past 36 hours aboard ir ship Aquarius. In Sicilian port city, according to Italian media, migrants were transferred to a task force of Ministry of Interior.

According to figures, rescued eleven were pregnant women and a newborn. A number of passengers showed symptoms of malnutrition; A teenager had firearms and cut injuries. The rescuers were provided by MSF staff. Among minors were 178 without accompaniment of adults.

50 refugees come from Syria according to communication and had sought a way to Europe via Libya. The ors come from different African countries and from Yemen; A migrant is from Turkey.

The humanitarian crisis continues

The organization SOS Méditerranée shared with: "The multiple rescue missions that have been in past few days (...) Made by Aquarius, illustrate that humanitarian crisis in Mediterranean continues to worsen. " Within a year and a half, organization had rescued nearly 25,000 people on high seas and recorded it on Aquarius. The organization is assisted by MSF in its rescue operations.

According to Italian government, number of those who translated from Tunisia to Lampedusa or Sicily has tripled since last year. The number of refugees crossing Mediterranean from Algeria to Sardinia has doubled. In same period, number of refugees coming from Libya decreased by 25%, but vast majority of m continued to break from Civil War country. Since January, around 108,400 have fled Italian coasts.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that since beginning of year, 2,775 people had died in Mediterranean when trying to travel. The number of deaths from January to mid-October 2016 was 3,193, according to figures.

Less people wagon ride to Europe

As a result, nearly 143,000 boat refugees arrived in Europe since beginning of year; Three quarters reached an Italian port. In same period last year, according to IOM, nearly 319,000 arrivals were registered, more than twice as many.

The recent serious misfortune with migrants in Mediterranean occurred last Sunday, when a ship of Tunisian Navy collided with a refugee boat and brought it to Kent. Of presumably 87 passengers, 38 were rescued.

Date Of Update: 14 October 2017, 12:02