There are 43 migrants who have been rescued about 10 miles south of Lampedusa
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It is not clear, not at the moment, whether the North Africans were found directly in the water or if the small boat they were traveling on capsized later.
The soldiers of the Port Authority rescued them.
They would not be missing, according to what emerges at the moment.
A child, just under a year old, was directly intubated by Coast Guard doctors on board the patrol boat.
At the moment, he is undergoing checks by the doctors of the Poliambulatorio who may request the intervention of the 118 helicopter rescue.
In addition to the less than one-year-old child, three migrants rescued by the Coast Guard after the sinking of their boat were brought to the Lampedusa health clinic.
They would have severe burns and the doctors are checking and dressing them.
Suddenly, the island is back in alarm and from the Favarolo pier, as well as from the Poliambulatorio, there is a continuous coming and going of rescuers and law enforcement.
Even the mayor of the Pelagie Islands, Filippo Mannino, who has just received Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on the island, is in constant contact with the police and the hospital doctors.
ANSA Agency
Salvini in Lampedusa, received by the mayor - Sicily
Lega leader Matteo Salvini has arrived in Lampedusa.
His partner Francesca Verdini accompanied him.
Instead, the mayor of Lampedusa and Linosa Filippo Mannino and his deputy Attilio Lucia welcomed him.
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