Rome (EFE)
The aid operation of the Aita Mari, which was carried out in coordination with the Nadir sailboat, from the NGO Resqship, allowed the rescue of only a part of the almost 300 people who were in the located boats, according to what the NGO reported on its networks. social.
Almost 60,000 migrants on the Italian coasts
The Lampedusa reception center has been saturated for months.
In recent days, 1,300 migrants have arrived on the island when its capacity is for 400 people.
“Lampedusa is as European as Paris or Madrid and it deserves a response to match,” said Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar on Wednesday, after the visit of a European Parliament (EP) delegation to the island to assess its migration management.
During their mission in Lampedusa, the group met with local authorities, the Coast Guard and NGOs that serve the thousands of migrants who arrive on the coasts weekly and found that a more “effective, responsible and supportive” response is needed.
So far this year, a total of 58,171 migrants have arrived on Italian shores, according to Interior Ministry records, more than double the 24,808 that did so in the same period last year.
And at least 26,924 migrants have died or disappeared in the Mediterranean since 2014, almost half of the 56,000 registered victims worldwide, according to statistics from the International Organization for Migration.