Mediterranean : French Cruise Liner rescues 18 shipwrecked persons on migration route

Corsica Linea, a French passenger ferry company, announced on Monday that it had rescued 18 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Euronews reports that the ferry rescued the “18 shipwrecked (migrants) off the Balearic Islands,” the company’s Director-General Pierre-Antoine Villanova revealed on Twitter.

“Corsica Linea fulfilled its ship-owner’s duty by respecting international conventions, the Spanish state did the same when it welcomed these shipwrecked. Congratulations to the ship’s sailors for their actions,” he added.

The ferry had left Alger on Sunday and was heading for Marseille with 2,000 passengers on board.

Pascale Albertini, a spokesperson for Corsica Linea, told the AFP news agency that the migrants had been in good health and that they were dropped off in the port of Alcudia, on the Spanish island of Majorca

Via Euronews / AFP / WikiCommons