Doctors Without Borders' Geo-Barents ship has arrived at the Ravenna terminal and disembarkation work for the migrants on board has begun. There are 336 people, 34 of whom are minors, 27 of whom are unaccompanied, the highest number ever registered in Emilia-Romagna.
Over 200 people were employed, including employees of the prefecture, the municipality of Ravenna, law enforcement, the Red Cross and civil protection volunteers.
The migrants are accommodated in the different provinces: Bologna 26 people; Ferrara 9; Modena 18; Parma 11; Reggio Emilia 13; Piacenza 7; Forlì-Cesena 10; Rimini 8; Ravenna 10. The others go to Lombardy and Tuscany.
Yesterday's news
The arrival of the Medici-Senza ship Geo Barents is expected on Wednesday January 3rd at the port of Ravenna
Borders, the docking of which was originally scheduled for today was postponed by 24 hours due to the poor conditions in the Adriatic. There are 336 migrants on board, 34 of whom are minors, 27 of whom are unaccompanied: this is the highest number of migrants ever to land in Emilia-Romagna in the history of this region. The regional organizing machinery is already in place to support them. There are over 200 people employed, including employees of the prefecture, the municipality of Ravenna, law enforcement, the Red Cross and civil protection volunteers. Disembarkation work begins at 8 a.m. Parma will receive 11 migrants.
“As always, we are ready to do our part to ensure that these people who have to flee dramatic situations, often wars, can receive the help they need, because this is Emilia-Romagna, a country full of solidarity and of the spirit of.” Hospitality is in its DNA – assures Councilor Taruffi -. In this context, I would like to thank the women and men of our regional organizational machinery, led by the Prefecture of Ravenna, who have once again acted quickly and impeccably to provide the best possible assistance to all those arriving.”
“However,” the councilor continues, “I find incomprehensible the government's decision to continue to designate Ravenna as the port of disembarkation for arriving migrants who are several days away from the rescue points by boat, instead of identifying closer berths, which The time at sea is extended even further.” for those who are already suffering and need help. In addition, the number of unaccompanied minors on board these ships is worrying: a situation whose management is becoming an emergency in which we ask the Government to assist and do its part. “This new year,” concluded Taruffi, “begins in the same way as the previous one ended, with the demonstration that the repeated statements of the political forces now in government on alleged naval blockades and interruptions of landings are just words were in the wind, political slogans dictated by the convenience of the moment. The reality is much more complex.”
The numbers
There are 336 migrants who will disembark from Doctors Without Borders' Geo Barents, which the coast guard saved from sinking in Libyan waters in three rescue operations. Of these people, 65 have symptoms of scabies, including 8 minors, 4 unaccompanied people and 16 adults who require treatment due to pathologies. In addition, a woman on board is pregnant.
The migrants come from Pakistan, Syria, Eritrea, Bangladesh, India, Senegal, North and South Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria, Palestine, Sri Lanka and Yemen. Once they leave the ship, they will be taken to the Pala De Andrè, where health laboratories are set up with medical staff, the Red Cross, the police headquarters and the social services of Ravenna. Some of the migrants are then sent to Lombardy (112), others to Tuscany (112) and 112 are accommodated between the different provinces of Emilia-Romagna.