ROCCELLA JONICA – The landings of migrants show no signs of decreasing, especially every weekend in Calabria and in particular in the Port of Roccella Jonica, in Locride, where, in the last three and a half years, over 150 “arrivals” have already occurred for a total of approximately 15 thousand refugees of various nationalities. Just before 1pm today in the Reggio seaport, at the end of a rescue operation at sea carried out by the Roccella Jonica Coast Guard, 85 migrants, mainly of Afghan nationality, disembarked. Among the refugees there are five women, three children under the age of 10 and an elderly woman in her eighties.
Before being rescued, transferred onto one of the patrol boats of the Roccella Jonica Coast Guard and taken safely into the port of Reggio Emilia, the migrants were on board a sailing boat located off the Ionian coast of Calabria, over 100 miles away. distance from the shore. From what emerged from the first checks carried out by the police after arriving in Roccella Jonica, the 85 migrants would be they left the coast of Türkiye about four days before being intercepted by the Reggio Coast Guard. After disembarking, the refugees were subjected to a medical examination and subsequently, at the request of the Prefecture of Reggio Calabria, temporarily placed in a first aid port tensile structure managed by volunteers from the Red Cross, Civil Protection and a team of Doctors Without Borders .
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