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04 August 2020A sailing ship with 77 migrants on board is moored at night in the port of Gallipoli, in Puglia.

The boat had been sighted in the open sea, shortly after 11.30 pm, by the Coast Guard and the Guardia di Finanza vehicles.
On board were 27 Pakistanis, 9 Iraqis, 24 Iranians, 9 Syrians, 6 Somalis and 2 Egyptians. Among them 11 are women and 3 are accompanied minors.

A Somali woman, after declaring that she was pregnant, was taken to Gallipoli hospital for illness.

Currently all migrants are in the "Don Tonino Bello di Otranto" reception center.

The procedure for verifying the positivity to Covid-19 by means of a swab was initiated for all.

The two Turkish smugglers are identified and arrested in the act of crime.

The sailing ship has been confiscated.