Two small hulls of Geo Barents, the search and rescue vessel of Médecins Sans Frontières, are in the water to attempt to rescue the vessel in distress reported by Alarm Phone, which is located in the Maltese Sar area and where there are reportedly around 500 people on board people.
This was communicated by the NGO itself, which is currently distributing the life jackets.
The Ocean Viking,
a ship of the NGO Sos Mediterranee, has meanwhile docked at pier 22 of the port of Salerno a few minutes after 8. On board the unit there are 92 migrants, rescued in recent days off the coast of Libya.
Of these, 51 are minors, three of whom are accompanied.
The Prefecture of Salerno has already set in motion the well-tested machine for welcoming refugees.
However, the operations, also due to the strong wind, promise to be more complicated than usual.
In this context, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has convened a
government summit
for today , while the examination of the new migrant decree should get underway in the Senate.
