Italy on Thursday offered to evacuate women, children and sick people from a charity vessel stranded at sea with 99 migrants on board.
on Thursday offered to evacuate women, children and sick people from a charity vessel stranded at sea with 99 migrants on board.
“Like always in the past, women, children and sick people will be able to get off the Mare Jonio,” a source from the Italian Interior Ministry said. Mediterranea rescued the migrants on Wednesday some 130 kilometers north of the Libyan port of Misrata. Earlier Thursday, the charity said the Mare Jonio had asked the Italian coastguard permission to get close to Lampedusa’s shore to seek protection from rough seas.
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