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14 unaccompanied minors among 34 rescued migrants
Among the 34 migrants who arrived in Ancona on July 2 on board the 'Geo Barents', there were 14 unaccompanied minors. They were rescued on June 27 off the Libyan coast. The migrants had left their countries of origin months ago. Some were exchanged and sold among Libyan militias, suffering violence and torture perpetrated by human traffickers aiming to extract more money from them. The extortion reportedly included video calls made to the migrants' parents or families. Among the migrants, who come from various countries such as Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Egypt, and Eritrea, there are 19 young adults, including one woman, and 15 minors. Among them is a young unaccompanied girl between the ages of 14 and 17 from South Sudan. The social services of the Municipality of Ancona will look after her. Seven unaccompanied minors will be taken to Molise, while the others will stay in Marche as decided by the Ministry in agreement with the Prefectures. In this phase, the Municipality will only look after the young girl.
81 migrants rescued by two NGO ships
On July 1 the 'Geo Barents' carried out two rescue missions and was able to save a total of 34 people from distress at sea who had set off from Libya. The ship got Anmcona assigned as a safe port with an ETA as of July 2. Alarm-Phone also informed Sea-Watch of an emergency. When the 'Aurora' from Sea-Watch arrived near the last known position, it found only an empty boat. The people may have been victims of an illegal pullback to Libya. In another rescue operation on June 26, the 'Life Support' rescued 47 people from distress at sea. The ship was assigned Livorno as a safe port, which meant an additional sailing time of over three days for the refugees. By assigning Livorno as a safe port for the 'Life Support', the ship was kept away from the operational area in the central Mediterranean for days. It reached the port on June 30 at 8.50 a.m.
HGO ship rescued 145 boat people, 11 recovered dead
On the morning of June 14, the 'Geo Barents' of Doctors Without Borders' rescued 145 people from distress at sea. On the afternoon, the ship received an alarm from the Seabird reconnaissance aircraft about lifeless bodies floating at sea. In an extensive SAR operation lasting nine hours, 11 bodies were finally recovered from the water. Another boat with 20 people was also found during the search. The people were safely brought on board the 'Geo Barents'. The recovered bodies were handed over to the Italian coast guard near Lampedusa. The 'Geo Barents' was assigned the port of Genoa, 650 nautical miles from the area of operations. As the weather in the Mediterranean was getting worse, the situation was more difficult for the survivors.
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