Italy coast guards board abandoned migrant ship Ezadeen

There is a ship named Ezadeen, sailing under the flag of Sierra Leone lost power in the south-east of Italy overnight with 450 migrants, most of who were believed to be Syrian.  Italian authorities have taken control of that ship and towed to an Italian port.

 According to the report, this ship stopped about 64 kilometres from coastal waters of the south-eastern Italy. One of the migrants using the maritime radio on board to raise a distress call, who told the Italian authorities: “We are without crew …and we have no one to steer.”

Weather conditions in sea have been poor for several days, the distress call to Italian emergency services prompted the navy to send a helicopter and a warship for delivering professionals and rescue persons more convenient.

Italy has been a major destination for illegal migrants – most of them from the Middle East and Africa. According to the International Organization for Migration estimates, last 8 months, about 10.8 million illegal immigrants are usually smuggled into Italy by ship through the Mediterranean. On the evening of December 4, Italian Coast Guard rescued 280 stowaways in the coastal waters of the south-eastern Italy.

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