Over 100 asylum seekers picked up
in the Mediterranean by the NGO-run search-and-rescue ship Ocean
Viking were able to disembark in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo
on Wednesday.
"The #OceanViking docked in the port of Pozzallo, Italy,"
said the SOS Mediterranee NGO.
"After more than 12 days of uncertainty at sea, 104 survivors
can finally disembark in a place of safety".
The interior ministry gave the OK for the ship to dock after
France and Germany agreed to receive 70 of the asylum seekers.
The migrants include 41 minors, 14 of whom are under 15.
The migrants were taken to the hotspot at Pozzallo.
Two pregnant women and two children, aged three year and 15
months, were taken to hospital at Modica.
In all, the migrants were 55 men, 12 women and 47 minors of
whom 31 unaccompanied.
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