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The ship ‘Open Arms’ of the NGO Proactiva Open Arms is this Thursday at sea near Palermo (Italy) with 188 people on board rescaped at sea after nine days waiting to be assigned a port to enter the country.
Initially there were 276 rescued migrants on the ship but this morning 75 have jumped into the sea in an attempt to reach the coast and have been rescued by the Italian Coast Guard, the NGO reported in a statement.
Open Arms has pointed out the need to be allowed to enter Italy due to the health status of many of the rescued passengers who, in some cases, boarded the ship after three days adrift.
The ship headed towards Palermo at the urging of the Italian authorities after being rejected for days by the Maltese authorities “without a plausible reason”.
The communication of going to Palermo does not guarantee the safe harbor assignment of the Open Arms ship, which is still awaiting from the authorities on the details of the place and time of the landing.
Faced with the emergency in the Mediterranean, Open Arms has required a structured search and rescue system, as well as landing protocols in line with the provisions of international conventions to protect the health and safety of the shipwrecked and the crew on board the ships. humanitarian ships.
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