LA VALLETTA (MALTA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – The Italian authorities were alerted by the international NGO Alarm Phone about two groups of migrants in distress off the Sicilian coast. Alarm Phone confirmed that it is in contact with a group of around 40 migrants in serious difficulties 70 miles southeast of Sicily. “They fled from Libya and there is no food and report having run out of water and food.” The NGO is hoping that the Italian coastguard acts quickly following the alert signal sent to the Italian authorities. Meanwhile, the Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre in Rome confirmed with Alarm Phone that in the last hours it was handling another group of 70 migrants on a fiberglass boat near Sicily. The Italian authorities took the action following a no reply from the Maltese Rescue and Coordination Centre. Alarm Phone said that after three days at sea, the migrants were without food or water and their engine stopped. Meanwhile, other NGOs are involved in rescue operations in the Mediterranean. Three days ago a group of 58 migrants, including 12 unaccompanied minors, who were in distress at sea have safely disembarked in Civitavecchia following a rescue operation by the NGO SOS Humanity.
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