The Maritime Police rescued six immigrants on Monday who were in a boat in the Mediterranean, off the Italian island of Pantelleria, announced this Portuguese police force, which since June has intercepted more than 400 people in that situation.
The Maritime Police, which is on a mission in the Mediterranean in the framework of Operation ‘Themis’ of the European agency FRONTEX, received an alert this morning about the existence of a boat with immigrants on board, explained the National Maritime Authority (AMN). ). in statement.
“Upon arrival at the place, they intercepted a boat with a total of six people on board, four men and two women. Marítima rescued him and transported him, for security reasons, to the port of Pantelleria, where the Italian authorities were waiting for him.” AMN explained.
Since June 2023, the Maritime Police have rescued more than 400 immigrants, the same source added.
Since June, the Maritime Police has been part of Operation “THEMIS”, whose objective is “to control and monitor the Italian and external maritime borders of the European Union, in the fight against cross-border crime”.
Since 2017, the year in which it began to participate in Operation “THEMIS”, the Maritime Police has carried out more than 500 missions, the AMN also detailed in the press release.
Source: TSF
