Migrants rescued by Open Arms charity reach dry land in Italy

Record ID: 1686450

  • Title: Migrants rescued by Open Arms charity reach dry land in Italy
  • Date: 27th August 2022
  • Summary: MESSINA, ITALY (AUGUST 27, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF OPEN ARMS UNO CAPTAIN JAVIER ARMARIO ON BRIDGE AS VESSEL HEADS TOWARDS MESSINA PORT VARIOUS OF RESCUED MIGRANTS AT VESSEL’S DECK LOOKING AT PORT RESCUED MIGRANT DRINKING VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WEARING MASKS ON DECK INFLATABLE BOAT SAILING ALONGSIDE OPEN ARMS UNO RESCUE WORKER LOOKING AT PORT FROM VESSEL VARIOUS OF PORT SEEN FROM VESSEL RESCUED MIGRANTS AT DECK WAITING TO DISEMBARK WORKERS PREPARING GANGWAY VARIOUS OF POLICE AND HEALTH WORKERS TALKING WITH RESCUE WORKERS VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS ON DECK BEFORE DISEMBARKING ITALIAN RED CROSS TENT AT DOCK VARIOUS OF HEALTH WORKERS WEARING PROTECTIVE SUITS INSIDE VESSEL / HEALTH WORKERS LEAVING MIGRANTS DISEMBARKING AND RESCUE WORKERS GIVING THEM HAND DISINFECTANT MIGRANTS DISEMBARKING AND GREETING RESCUE WORKERS OPEN ARMS UNO VESSEL VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WAITING AT DOCKSIDE MIGRANT LIMPING ALONG DOCK RESCUE WORKERS CELEBRATING AFTER MIGRANTS DISEMBARKING VARIOUS OF VESSEL DOCKED
  • Embargoed: 10th September 2022 17:21
  • Keywords: Italy Messina NGO Open Arms Spain disembarking migrants rescue workers
  • Location: MESSINA, ITALY
  • City: MESSINA, ITALY
  • Country: Spain
  • Topics: Europe,Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001099027082022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Migrants aboard the Open Arms Uno rescue boat finally reached land on Saturday (August 27) at the Italian port of Messina after spending at least 10 days at sea.
    The Spanish charity Open Arms on August 17 rescued 101 migrants, mostly Egyptian men, in a rickety wooden boat off the Tunisian coast that had been adrift for at least a day.
    One man in need of urgent medical attention had been allowed to disembark in Italy with his companion, but the rest were told to remain onboard the rescue vessel while it sought permission to disembark.
    It formally requested a port from Italian authorities a week ago and its search and rescue coordinator David Llado said on Thursday the long wait had led to tensions as the migrants' despair grew.
    Open Arms, which is mainly funded by small private contributions, has rescued thousands of migrants at sea since it began operating in 2015.
    (Production: Juan Medina)
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