EUROPE-MIGRANTS/CALABRIA ARRIVALS 475 migrants brought to Italian port, including 9 pregnant women

Record ID: 150428

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/CALABRIA ARRIVALS 475 migrants brought to Italian port, including 9 pregnant women
  • Date: 8th June 2015
  • Summary: CORIGLIANO CALABRO, ITALY (JUNE 8, 2015) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS ON BOARD DOCKED ITALIAN NAVY VESSEL VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS SEATED ON SHIP'S DECK MIGRANTS ON DECK MIGRANTS GETTING OFF SHIP VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS ON DECK MIGRANTS IN PORT/ SECURITY STANDING MIGRANTS ON SHIP VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS SEATED IN HOLDING AREA AT PORT FEMALE RESCUE WORKER TALKING TO GROUP OF MIGRANTS MIGRANTS BEI
  • Embargoed: 23rd June 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAB5CV2GGWX153VLSHMUCRKK8TI
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Some 475 migrants were brought into the southern Italian port of Corigliano Calabro on Monday (June 8) by an Italian naval vessel.
    The migrants included nine pregnant women who were taken away for medical monitoring. 94 of the people rescued were children under the age of 18, 60 of which were travelling without a parent.
    An international rescue fleet plucked almost 5,900 migrants from rickety boats at the weekend as they attempted to make the perilous sea crossing from North Africa to Europe.
    The Italian coast guard, which co-ordinates rescue efforts from Rome, said British, Swedish, Spanish and Italian ships and a merchant vessel had all been called upon to go to the aid of 15 different boats on Sunday, rescuing 2,400 people in all.
    On Saturday, 3,500 migrants were rescued about 45 miles from the Libyan coast.
    The tide of migrants and refugees risking the often deadly sea crossing to reach Europe from Africa is on the rise this year and the U.N. refugee agency, the UNHCR, estimates more than 1,800 have drowned. About 800 died in a single shipwreck in April.
    In response, the EU has bolstered its presence in the Mediterranean, but it is still debating how to handle the refugees and migrants once they come ashore.
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