The first to get off the ship Sea-Eye 4, from the German NGO of the same name, are two men with fall injuries, who struggle to walk and are taken to the emergency room to carry out tests. For the rest, the conditions of the 52 migrants landed at the Fabbrica Vecchia dock in Marina di Ravenna are good. The disembarkation operations started around 10.30am and ended around 12pm. They were all men on board, including 6 minors between 16 and 18 years old. Many hold clear plastic bags containing medicines and cigarettes.
It is about theeleventh landing occurred in the Port of Ravenna starting December 31, 2022through which they passed as a whole 1193 migrants. On the morning of May 25, they are above all Syrians And Bangladeshisas well as 4 Palestinians, a Moroccan and an Egyptian to get off the ship.
«5 Syrian adults will remain in Ravenna – explains the Prefect Castrese De Rosa – the others will be accompanied to the other provinces of Emilia-Romagna. The 4 unaccompanied minors will go to Bologna. Overall the conditions are good and the age ranges from 16 to 54.” It is likely that the Syrians want to continue their journey towards Germany and will leave the city soon.
«We are the only link that works in a chain that doesn’t work», underlines the Mayor of Ravenna Michele De Pascale.
There are also two protesters on the platform holding a placard “Romagna welcomes you”. «We are here to welcome the people who are arriving and also to underline how shameful this action of the Government is to bring NGOs to Ravenna. They force them to stay away from the Mediterranean, where 8 people died a day in 2023. We are here to express our disappointment”, explains Ilaria Mohamud Giama of Multiethnic Faenza.
Thanks to the favorable sea conditions, the Sea-Eye managed to dock half a day earlier than the scheduled time, which was around 6pm. The migrants are accompanied by two Red Cross buses to the Altarpiece De André where they will carry out medical-health and police checks. The two injured people are an exception and are taken to hospital.
«When we recovered the boat in difficulty – explains the head of mission -, the two men suffered injuries from a fall and we feared it was a spinal problem. Luckily we then realized that trauma was less serious than it seemed, but the pain was severe and they struggled to move. Over the course of the days of sailing to get to Ravenna, conditions then improved.”
