Thursday May 30, 2024
A series of migrant arrivals occurred on the island of Lampedusa between May 27 and 28. The shelter hotspot, which had been completely emptied, is currently hosting 289 people.
On May 27, 53 migrants, including ten minors, reached the island of Lampedusa after their 10-meter-long boat was intercepted by a patrol ship of the border and fiance police.
The Bangladeshi, Egyptian, and Syrian migrants said they had departed from Tajura in Libya.
The boat was seized, and the group was taken to the Contrada Imbriacola shelter hotspot, which had been completely emptied on May 27 following orders from the Prefecture of Agrigento.
An additional 93 migrants reached the island on May 27 after the three dinghies they were on were intercepted by finance police. Among those who had set sail from Tunisia were two women and 117 minors, who said they were Egyptian, Sudanese, Syrian, and Tunisian.
On the night of May 28, a total of 143 migrants arrivedFollowing these four arrivals on the largest of the Pelagie islands that took place within a few hours on May 27, another 143 migrants arrived on the night of May 28 after the four dinghies they were on were rescued by patrol boats of the coast guard and finance police.
The groups of passengers ranged from a minimum of nine to a maximum of 58 people, including about a dozen minors.
They were all taken to the Contrada Imbriacola hotspot, where, as of the morning of May 28, there are now 289 guests, including six unaccompanied minors.
Body of minor taken to Lampedusa
The lifeless body of a migrant minor, who was on board the rescue ship Humanity 1 operated by SOS Humanity, has been brought to the island of Lampedusa along with the minor's family on a coast guard boat.
On May 27, Humanity 1 rescued approximately one hundred migrants from two boats in Libyan SAR waters. The body of the minor was on one of these boats.
The NGO ship will not dock at the port of Lampedusa; it will proceed to its assigned safe port of Livorno.