I rescued 852 migrants and arrested a suspected smuggler

14/04/14

852 are the migrants rescued by the joint forces used in the "Mare Nostrum" device during this weekend in the waters of the Strait of Sicily.

The Espero frigate has landed the 12 April 378 migrants in the port of Pozzallo, including 41 women and minor 7.

With the support of the Stromboli supplier, ship Espero yesterday has rescued a vessel with 108 people on board, transferred to ship Courses of the Port Authority and subsequently landed in Augusta.

The Sirio patrol through CP 819 and 2093 patrol boats left 249 migrants, including 36 women and minor 43, in Porto Empedocle.

The patrol boat Foscari has rescued 117 migrants, trafficked on the Euro frigate that last night landed them in Augusta.

Among the migrants disembarked by the amphibious ship San Giorgio on Friday in Agusta, the judicial authorities carried out the arrest of a presumed smuggler and another person for resistance to a public official.

Source: Military Navy