(ANSA) - CATANIA, 05 NOV - Four NGO ships are in front of the coast of eastern Sicily waiting for a safe port to land the migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea.
They are the German Humanity 1, with 179 people on board, and the Rise Above, with 90 people on board after two of them were rescued by medical personnel and transferred to Syracuse on land;
and the Norwegian Ocean Viking, 234 migrants on board, and Geo Barents, with 572 rescued people.
According to the signals of the transponders emitted by the ships, currently the Geo Barents and the Humanity 1 are about 12 miles from the Catania coast, the first a little further south and the other north of the city.
Last night they would have moved closer to the coast to protect themselves from a violent storm that struck eastern Sicily, but then they returned to the 'waiting' position.
It is always in front of the Catania coast, but at the height of Acireale, the OceanViking, which, however, seems to still be in international waters, stopped a few miles from their limit.
In front of the Ionian coast of Messina, further north of Taormina, the Rise Above, which is not far from the coasts of Sicily and Calabria.
All unexpected checks announced by the Interior Ministry.
(HANDLE).
