There are 336 migrants on board the Doctors Without Borders NGO ship “Geo Barents”, which is traveling north from the Libyan search and rescue area towards Italy with its destination Ravenna. The arrival is scheduled for Tuesday January 2nd at 3 p.m. at the quay along Via Baiona “Fosfitalia”.
If the arrival is postponed to January 3rd, the pier at the Porto Corsini cruise terminal will be used as a cruise ship is scheduled to dock on the same day. The 336 migrants will then be taken by bus to the Pala De André, where all health and police formalities will be completed.
During the coordination meeting convened by the Prefect of Ravenna Castrese De Rosa and held in the prefecture on Friday afternoon, it was agreed that tomorrow checks will be carried out in all organizational and logistical aspects both at the quay of Via Baiona and at the Pala De André.
The 336 migrants come from Pakistan, Syria, North Sudan, Eritrea, Egypt, Nigeria, Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Bangladesh, India and Senegal. 299 of them are men, three are women and 34 are minors, 27 of whom are unaccompanied. The distribution will take place at national and regional levels according to a plan developed by the Ministry of the Interior: in Emilia Romagna there will be 112 left, which will then be distributed among the different provinces.