• Migrants, the Ocean Viking in Porto Empedocle. The first castaways land
  • Migrants: from Ocean Viking to Moby Zazà after a swab outcome

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07 July 2020Migrants who were aboard the Ocean Viking ship docked in Porto Empedocle in Agrigento got off tonight. Swab tests are all negative.

Now they will spend 15 days of quarantine on the Moby Zaza ship.

The transshipment operations, without coaches for "a security issue" but on foot, were coordinated by the harbor master's office, the police headquarters and the prefecture. Policemen, men from the Gdf and Carabinieri were present at the port.  

Once the quarantine has passed, the 180 migrants, including women and children, will be sorted into various reception centers.

"Thanks to many citizens and associations that have supported us in recent days." The Sos della Mediterranee tweet

UPDATE After a day of waiting, 180 survivors from the #OceanViking have just started landing.
Thanks to the many citizens and associations that have supported us in recent days.
We ask the # UE to allow the immediate disembarkation of the castaways from the merchant #Talia pic.twitter.com/3m2Wfn9LFj

- SOS MEDITERRANEE ITA (@SOSMedItalia) July 6, 2020