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2,500 migrants have been rescued over the weekend to reach Europe

  • Over 2,000 people have collaborated in the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean and over 400 on the Spanish coast.

11 April 2023 - 09:51
Last updated: 17:46
Lanzaroten erreskatatu duten hiru pateretako bateko migratzaileak. (Argazkia: EFE agentzia)

About 2,500 migrants have been rescued over the weekend to reach Europe. More than 2,000 of them have been discovered in the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean, according to the Italian authorities. In addition, over 400 immigrants have reached the Spanish coast.

In the case of Italy, 974 people have been rescued on the island of Lampedusa, on several small boats. Many of them are minors. In addition, 800 people have been found on a fishing boat located 193 kilometres from Syracuse and 400 others near Passero Island.

Before the arrival of the rescued migrants, the authorities warned of the saturation of the Lampedusa migrant centre, designed for some 400 people, where there were 1883.

On the Spanish coast, on Tuesday morning they rescued 43 people in Alicante. In the previous days, 183 have arrived in Andalusia, 145 in Lanzarote, 50 in Murcia and 42 in the Balearic Islands at least.

In addition, bodies of two migrants were collected on Sunday on the Maltese coast, according to the German NGO Resqship.


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