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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea November 23, 2019Because of the stormy sea, a small boat capsized with a few dozen migrants on board, wrecked a mile from the Isola dei Conigli, in front of the coast of Lampedusa.In the afternoon a citizen reported to the island's Coast Guard that he had spotted the small boat in difficulty near the island.
Four Coast Guard patrol boats left the port of Lampedusa immediately and headed for the shipwreck. shipwreck. A helicopter and a Catania Coast Guard aircraft were also alerted.
The patrol boats, arrived on the spot, have identified the small boat of about 10 meters in difficulty with about a hundred people on board. The patrol crews rescued and recovered the 143 people who fell into the sea. The 143 migrants recovered arrived in the port of Lampedusa. The Coast Guard also requested the intervention of a patrol vessel and two Guardia di Finanza patrol boats. In flight, to continue the research, even a Frontex plane is also alerted to a plane of the Navy. Currently, no lifeless bodies have been sighted.
"The migrants were rescued - said the mayor of Lampedusa Totò Martello to Adnkronos - and the patrol boats left again to make sure there are no people at sea".
Meanwhile Italy, Germany, France, Malta for the first time jointly requested the European Commission to activate the procedure for relocating migrants on board the Ocean Viking.
The European intervention was solicited by all the countries that shared the pre-agreement of 'La Valletta'. This is a significant step forward in view of a truly solidary management of migratory flows affecting the Mediterranean route. Based on the request presented, the port of Messina was identified as a landing port.