ROME – Shipwreck off the coast of Calabria. Twelve migrants were rescued while traveling on a sailing boat that was sinking about 120 miles from the Italian coast and then disembarked at the port of Roccella Jonica. One of them, however, died immediately after the landing operations. The Coast Guard is engaged in the search for any missing persons, following the sinking of the sailing boat, which presumably left Turkey. The activity was started following a “may-day” launched by a French pleasure craft, sailing approximately 120 miles from the Italian coast, on the limit of the SAR areas of competence of Greece and Italy which, after having reported the presence of the half-sunken boat, he recovered 12 migrants on board. Having received the mayday, the Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (IMRCC) of the Coast Guard in Rome diverted to the site two merchant ships sailing nearby, an ATR42 aircraft of the Coast Guard and the CP305 and CP326 patrol boats stationed in Calabria. Frontex assets also intervened on site. The 12 castaways, first transhipped by the French unit onto a merchant ship, were recovered aboard the Coast Guard patrol boat which moved towards the port of Roccella Jonica. In the Calabrian town the migrants were disembarked and entrusted to the care of the 118 health workers. One of them died immediately after the disembarkation operations. – Photo: Communications Office General Command of the Port Authority Corps – . col4/com 17-Jun-24 13:56
