The migrant-rescue vessel Ocean
Viking operated by the NGO Sos Mediterranee on Monday reached
the Puglia port of Taranto with 101 migrants on board rescued
Friday in the Mediterranean.
The passengers - including 29 women and 23 unaccompanied minors
one of whom is a year old - have disembarked, the organization
said.
Despite the difficult weather conditions with high seas and
waves of up to 2.5 metres, the migrants were in good condition.
Operations to identify and welcome the migrants, including
carrying out medical checkups, were coordinated by the
prefecture of Taranto.
The migrants include 32 Somalis, 26 Syrians, 15 Eritreans, 13
Egyptians, six Palestinians, three Sudanese, two Iraqis and an
Ethiopian.
The migrants were rescued on Friday aboard a wooden boat in the
Libyan search and rescue (SAR) zone.
They will be taken to a number of destinations outside Taranto,
local authorities said.
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