The aid organization Doctors Without Borders has been given permission to land a group of 111 ill migrants in Sicily, after waiting in the Mediterranean Sea for about a week.
The Geo Barents ship would now call at the port in Augusta, the organization announced on Twitter on Monday. It rescued the people in distress at sea in two missions at the beginning of March.
The volunteers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms also brought 28 rescued people to Augusta at the end of last week.
People continually get into distress on the dangerous crossing from north Africa towards the EU. Their destination was usually Italy, from where many make their way further north in the hope of a better life.
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So far this year the Italian authorities have registered almost 6,000 migrants arriving in boats, which was roughly the same number as in the same period in 2021.
