Some 88 migrants rescued off the Libya coast four days prior arrived in the Italian port city of Livorno on May 30 on board the Humanity 1 ship. Among them are 11 minors, 10 of whom are unaccompanied.
On Tuesday morning (May 30), the NGO-operated Humanity 1 ship arrived in the port of the Italian city of Livorno carrying 88 migrants that had been rescued off Libya on May 26.
The overcrowded and unseaworthy wooden vessel the migrants were traveling on had reportedly departed three days before from Tobruk.
Sudan, Pakistan, Syria, and Egypt countries of origin
According to the Livorno prefect's office, the migrants aboard are all males and include ten unaccompanied minors. Another minor is instead accompanied by one of his relatives. The men and boys are from Sudan, Pakistan, Syria, and Egypt.
The prefect's office said that there did not appear to be any health-related concerns onboard apart from nine suspected cases of scabies that will be verified by medical staff in healthcare facilities.
These checks, as was the case with the previous disembarking of migrants in early May at the same port, will be carried out at the port itself.
Nine minors will be transferred to reception facilities in Piombino, while the other migrants will be sent to several different places in other provinces of the Tuscany region.
Mayor urges government to work on integration
"Almost 400 migrants have arrived in Livorno in only a few months and we are fine from an organizational standpoint even today, with the active participation of all the institutional bodies involved," said Livorno mayor Luca Salvetti, who was present at the disembarking of the 88 migrants from Humanity 1 in the city's port.
"Now is the confirmation unfortunately -- and this is becoming almost routine -- but we must ask ourselves about two things. The first is the immigration management system, which does not seem to have been improved. The number of migrants has tripled.
"The other aspect is what is happening to these people once they are disembarked. The government must consider reception facilities but also integration," he added.
"There is no structured path for these people apart from reception. And if there isn't this, problems are created that then inevitably have repercussions on the national territory, municipalities, and on all of us," Salvetti said.