23 Ocean Viking migrants landed in Catania - Breaking news. The ship continues to Ancona, the port initially assigned.
The OceanViking had on board 359 shipwrecked people saved during four rescue operations carried out by the humanitarian ship of the NGO SosMediterranee: 265 men, 31 women, 20 minors accompanied with their families and 43 unaccompanied minors. According to the dramatic stories of the castaways, around 60 of their traveling companions died. Two migrants were transported by air ambulance yesterday, one died in Agrigento hospital, the other is hospitalized in Palermo.