syrian woman gives birth on italy refugee boat
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Refugee boats intercepted by Italian coast guard

Syrian woman gives birth on Italy refugee boat

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Syrian woman gives birth on Italy refugee boat

Coast guards rescue a boat of migrants on August 19, 2013 near Catania's harbour in Italy
London – Arab Today

Coast guards rescue a boat of migrants on August 19, 2013 near Catania's harbour in Italy London – Arab Today A Syrian refugee gave birth at sea on her way to Italy as the number of arrivals fleeing the war-torn country this year rose to nearly 3,000 people, officials said .
The woman was one of 355 refugees -- most of them from Syria -- on two boats intercepted by coast guard and navy vessels and escorted to Sicily on Wednesday.
"We found her with a piece of the umbilical cord still attached," Luca Sancilio, the local coast guard commander in Syracuse told news channel SkyTG24.
Sancilio initially said the woman had given birth to a little girl, although the hospital where they were taken later said the baby was in fact a boy.
The coast guard estimated the baby was about four days old and was born during the eight-day voyage.
Mother and son are well and resting, the hospital said.
A coast guard plane on Tuesday spotted the heavily overcrowded boat that the woman was travelling on.
The people on board included 48 children.
Mario de Rosa, captain of a navy patrol boat that came to the rescue, told SkyTG24 that the refugee boat suffered engine failure in stormy seas.
A second boat with 164 people on board was spotted by a fishing vessel some 15 nautical miles from the coast and was also taken to Syracuse.
The refugees said they had been at sea for 10 days and several were suffering from dehydration, Italian media reported.
Another boat carrying 107 Syrian refugees landed in Sicily on Tuesday, getting stuck on rocks just off the shore.
Three Egyptian crew members from that boat have been arrested on charges of aiding illegal immigration.
Thousands of asylum-seekers have landed in Sicily in recent weeks, many of them coming from Egypt and Syria.
"There are now more Syrians than anyone else. This is a really dramatic exodus," Sancilio said.
The interior ministry said 2,872 Syrians have landed in Italy so far this year.
Also on Wednesday, a boat with 115 migrants presumably arriving from Libya was rescued by the Maltese military and taken to the Mediterranean island state.
The boat was intercepted some 90 nautical miles south of Malta, and the crew said they were in distress as their dinghy had started taking on water.
This was the second group to arrive on Malta this week after the navy on Tuesday rescued another group of 81 migrants, most of them apparently from Eritrea.
Source: AFP

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

syrian woman gives birth on italy refugee boat syrian woman gives birth on italy refugee boat

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

syrian woman gives birth on italy refugee boat syrian woman gives birth on italy refugee boat

 



GMT 12:13 2018 Thursday ,27 September

Yemen government ends cooperation with UN rights mission

GMT 06:21 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

Volkswagen clinches record sales

GMT 11:45 2018 Saturday ,20 January

Salam, German ambassador meet

GMT 10:33 2017 Friday ,10 March

White House presses Iran for info on ex-FBI

GMT 16:30 2016 Tuesday ,23 August

Iraq vows to review foreign energy deals

GMT 22:40 2017 Monday ,09 October

16 killed as gunmen attack Mozambique police
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday