A reported 120 migrants on Monday were
rescued from a 12-meter boat and taken to the Sicilian island of
Lampedusa.
The boat's passengers are from Bangladesh, Syria, Pakistan,
Iraq, Iran, Senegal and Sudan.
The men, including a minor, told rescuers that they had departed
from Sabratha in Libya on Sunday night and paid between 3,000
and 4,500 euros for the crossing.
The passengers were taken to the local hotspot which is
currently hosting 621 guests.
The prefecture in Agrigento with jurisdiction over Lampedusa
transferred 210 people on Monday morning by ferry, which is
scheduled to reach the Sicilian port of Porto Empedocle in the
evening.
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