Migrants from Spanish vessel ‘Aita Mari’ transferred to Italian ferry off Palermo

A handout photo made available by the Salvamento Maritimo Humanitario (SMH, Humanitarian Sea Rescue) non-governmental organization (NGO) shows some of the 34 migrants, who were rescued at sea, prior to their transfer (authorized by Italian authorities) from the Spanish ship ‘Aita Mari’ to the Italian Tirrenia ferry ‘Raffaele Rubattino’, off the port of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, 19 April 2020.

According to media reports, the migrants will stay in quarantine on the Italian passenger ferry under the Italian authorities’ recommendation over to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Via EPA-EFE/SALVAMENTO MARITIMO HUMANITARIO HANDOUT

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