A Bangladeshi man was arrested by agents of the Crotone Flying Squad in collaboration with the financial police for illegal entry into the territory of the Italian state. The man, who in 2024 was expelled with a ban on re-entry to the national territory and accompanied to the border, was among the 57 migrants rescued by the Sea Eye 5 ship in the Mediterranean waters and then disembarked at the port of Crotone.
The illegal immigrants, of various nationalities, including 22 unaccompanied minors, were on a boat which, when the emergency services alerted by Alarm Phone arrived, was already half sunk.
The 57 migrants – Sea Eye 5 volunteers report – had already been at sea for several days without food and water. Some of them were in urgent need of medical attention and the situation on board was made even more difficult by the bad weather conditions. Many were dehydrated, had fuel burns and severe seasickness. The NGO’s crew asked the Italian authorities to assign the nearest port where the migrants could disembark and the Crotone port was indicated, which required 50 hours of navigation to reach it.
Upon arrival, the migrants received assistance from the staff of the ASP of Crotone and the volunteers of the Italian Red Cross.