(ANSA) Taranto, September 3 - As many as 231 refugees
arrived Wednesday at this southern port aboard a British
container ship that plucked them from the Canal of Sicily, the
Italian Navy said.
Italian Navy vessels were ferrying the refugees, including
157 men, 37 women and 37 minors, to the port of Taranto from the
'Cma Cgm Magellan.'
Doctors were boarding the Magellan to check on the health
of the refugees who were to be housed in reception centres
provided by city authorities.
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