• 'Ghost landings', 13 people arrested between Italy and Greece
  • Migrants, new landings in Taranto and Pozzallo
  • Migrants, autonomous landings in Puglia Sardinia and Sicily

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May 24, 2020 A helicopter took off to track down the mother ship that on the beach of Palma di Montechiaro in Agrigento took over the sea after having landed 400 migrants. Police and Carabinieri are monitoring the area.

52 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, including some women, were blocked by the Carabinieri of the Linosa station after they managed to get to the rocks of the smallest island of the Pelagias with a boat of about 10 meters. The Coast Guard has already been informed that he will have to transfer them to Lampedusa. In the meantime, a boat in international waters has been intercepted and is traveling to Italy.

Other landings yesterday in Trapani. 27 migrants were rescued on three different boats. The operations are followed by the aeronaval operating department of the Palermo Finance Department and the operational command of Pratica di Mare. The first inflatable boat with 7 people was intercepted towards the coasts of towards the coasts of Mazara del Vallo. Another inflatable boat with 8 migrants was always rescued in the same sea space. The third and final intervention in the evening. 12 people were crammed on a boat, including a woman.

The migrants were transferred to the port of Trapani, where they were greeted by the device prepared by the Prefecture and taken to the local CPR in the Milo district.