Per the Italian news agency ANSA:
Two days ago 534 immigrants were saved in 11 rescue operations in the Strait of Sicily.Five bodies were recuperated. The migrants were aboard rubber rafts and nine small boats, according to the Italian Coast Guard, ANSA reported. Involved in the rescues were Italian Navy ship Sirius, the German Navy ship Werra acting as part of the EUNavfor Med program, the ships Phoenix ad Topaz Responder of the NGO MOAS, the ship Astral of the NGO "Open Atms" and the ship Sea Watch of the same organization, "Open Arms."
This news did not appear in La Repubblica Palermo edition.
Two days ago 534 immigrants were saved in 11 rescue operations in the Strait of Sicily.Five bodies were recuperated. The migrants were aboard rubber rafts and nine small boats, according to the Italian Coast Guard, ANSA reported. Involved in the rescues were Italian Navy ship Sirius, the German Navy ship Werra acting as part of the EUNavfor Med program, the ships Phoenix ad Topaz Responder of the NGO MOAS, the ship Astral of the NGO "Open Atms" and the ship Sea Watch of the same organization, "Open Arms."
This news did not appear in La Repubblica Palermo edition.