- Title: 29 migrants disembark from Italian navy vessel - UNHCR
- Date: 2nd September 2019
- Summary: POZZALLO, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 2, 2019) (REUTERS) FAMILY OF MIGRANTS WITH OFFICIALS, WAITING TO DISEMBARK ITALIAN NAVY VESSEL 'CASSIOPEA' DOCKED AT POZZALLO PORT OFFICIAL HELPING CHILD DISEMBARK / OFFICIAL CARRYING CHILD ITALIAN NAVY VESSEL 'CASSIOPEA' DOCKED AT POZZALLO PORT OFFICIALS HELPING FAMILY OF MIGRANTS DISEMBARK ITALIAN NAVY VESSEL 'CASSIOPEA' DOCKED AT POZZALLO PORT CHILD AND OFFICIAL WAITING TO DISEMBARK RED CROSS TENTS ON DOCK (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMMUNICATION OFFICER FOR UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR), MARCO ROTUNNO, SAYING: "We are in Sicily, in the port of Pozzallo, where 29 people just disembarked from the Italian navy boat (Cassiopea). They were coming from Libya, they are all Libyans, there are families, there are many kids, at least 10, and they departed from Libya at least six days ago. They were adrift at sea for days and then they were rescued by the Italian Navy." FAMILY OF MIGRANTS DISEMBARKING ITALIAN NAVY VESSEL 'CASSIOPEA' DOCKED AT POZZALLO PORT MIGRANT BOARDING BUS RED CROSS TENTS ON DOCK OFFICIAL HELPING CHILD DISEMBARK MIGRANT CHILD HOLDING HIS BELONGINGS WALKING ON DOCK BUS CARRYING MIGRANTS LEAVING
- Embargoed: 16th September 2019 17:37
- Keywords: Italian Navy ship Cassiopea Pozzallo Italy migrants Libya Mediterranean Sea Malta European Union
- Location: POZZALLO, ITALY
- City: POZZALLO, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUYUH53
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Twenty-nine Libyan migrants disembarked from the Italian navy vessel 'Cassiopea' on Monday (September 2) in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The migrants were all Libyans and included "families and many kids", UNHCR Communications officer Marco Rotunno told Reuters. He added that the migrants departed from Libya at least six days ago and they were rescued by the Italian navy after having been at sea for days.
Also on Monday, a group of 135 migrants, rescued by the German rescue ship 'Eleonore' and Italian rescue vessel 'Mare Jonio', disembarked in Pozzallo and Lampedusa after Italian authorities denied the two ships the permission to enter Italian territorial waters.
Italian authorities are banning non-governmental organisations from bringing migrants ashore, after outgoing Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini imposed a closed ports policy in the last year to stem illegal immigration from North Africa, calling for other European countries to share responsibility for refugees' shelter.
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