The boat, 15 meters in length, was picked up at midnight CET around 75 kilometres off Capo Passero in Sicily and escorted to shore.
The boat, 15 meters in length, was picked up at midnight CET around 75 kilometres off Capo Passero in Sicily and escorted to shore.
The boat, 15 meters in length, was picked up at midnight CET around 75 kilometres off Capo Passero in Sicily and escorted to shore.
By Sabina Castelfranco – Rome 20 August 2009
Italian authorities have rescued five Eritreans adrift near a southern Italian island.
It is the latest immigration tragedy in the waters between Africa and the remote southern Italian island of Lampedusa. The Italian authorities received a call from the Maltese that there were immigrants attempting to reach shore on a rubber dinghy.
By Sabina Castelfranco – Rome 20 August 2009
Italian authorities have rescued five Eritreans adrift near a southern Italian island.
It is the latest immigration tragedy in the waters between Africa and the remote southern Italian island of Lampedusa. The Italian authorities received a call from the Maltese that there were immigrants attempting to reach shore on a rubber dinghy.