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Boat carrying 48 persons arrives in Lampedusa

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epa07704696 Migrants disembark from an Italian Guardia di Finanza (GdF) ship in Pozzallo, Sicily Island, southern Italy, 09 July 2019. A total of 53 migrants were rescued on a boat in the Sicilian Channel by a Coast Guard patrol boat, but six of them were immediately transferred to Lampedusa due to medical problems. EPA-EFE/FRANCESCO RUTA

A boat carrying 48 migrants, including 27 women, three of whom are pregnant, and six minors, arrived on its own steam on the island of Lampedusa on Monday.

According to statements gathered by Mediterranean Hope – a program for refugees and migrants run by the Federation of Evangelical Churches – the migrants had traveled for two days after having left from Libya. D

uring the journey, an unspecified number of people reportedly fell into the sea, including a 5-month-old baby and a 30-year-old man.

Via ANSA 

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