Highlights: The ship Sea Watch 5, from the German NGO of the same name, rescued around fifty migrants on Wednesday March 6. Among the migrants, a young person died on board the ship. His life could undoubtedly have been saved if the Italian emergency services had quickly responded to the SOS sent. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the coast guard on the island of Lampedusa finally responded and evacuated four people, Pakistanis and Eritreans, in serious condition. But they refused to transfer the body of the deceased onto their launch, even though the ship has no cold storage and no insulated space.

The ship Sea Watch 5, from the German NGO of the same name, rescued around fifty migrants during the day of Wednesday March 6 whose makeshift boat was on the verge of capsizing off the coast of…

Italy: a migrant dies in the Mediterranean, an investigation opened

The ship Sea Watch 5, from the German NGO of the same name, rescued around fifty migrants on Wednesday March 6 whose makeshift boat was about to capsize off the coast of Libya.

Among the migrants, a young person died on board the ship.

His life could undoubtedly have been saved if the Italian emergency services had quickly responded to the SOS sent.

Migrants on a migrant ship in the southern Mediterranean, near Lampedusa, August 11, 2022 (Illustrative image).

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Rome,

Anne Le Nir

Despite all the calls for urgent medical evacuations addressed to the Italian authorities, this 17-year-old migrant, found unconscious in the hold of the wooden boat, filled with seawater and fuel, a very toxic mixture, died within a few hours. later on board the humanitarian ship.

During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the coast guard on the island of Lampedusa finally responded and evacuated four people, Pakistanis and Eritreans, in serious condition.

But they refused to transfer the body of the deceased onto their launch, even though the ship has no cold storage and no insulated space.

The NGO Sea Watch denounces “

inhuman behavior

”, especially since it will still take at least four days of navigation to reach the port of Ravenna, in northern Italy, allocated by the Ministry of the Interior.

Also read: Italy announces measures to deter irregular migrants

9 Stunden nach der 1. Evakuierungsanfrage holt die ital.

Küstenwache 4 Überlebende von der Sea-Watch 5. Die Behörden weigern sich, den an Bord gestorbenen 17-Jährigen mitzunehmen.

Wir sollen ihn im zugewiesenen Hafen Ravenna übergeben.

1500 Kilometer entfernt, über 4 Tage Fahrt.

https://t.co/aQ9iVTR6UY

— Sea-Watch (@seawatchcrew) March 6, 2024

For its part, the Ravenna public prosecutor's office announced that it will open an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the young man's death.

Italy: a migrant dies in the Mediterranean, an investigation opened

Italy: a migrant dies in the Mediterranean, an investigation opened

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