Migrants: Msf GeoBarents stopped in Augusta

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 03 - After an inspection lasting 14 hours by the Italian authorities, the GeoBarents ship of Medici senzafrontiere - which in recent days had rescued 410 migrants off the coast of Libya - was blocked in the port of Augusta "on the of deficiencies found ". The sameong said this, underlining that it is the thirteenth time in 3 years that Italy has blocked humanitarian ships.

    In the first six months of the year, MSF recalls, "721 people lost their lives at sea. We will do everything possible to return to the Mediterranean to save lives". (HANDLE).