Four migrants drowned when they
jumped into the sea upon seeing Frontex ship Protector and
Finance Guard ship Monte Sperone approaching off the island of
Linosa at the weekend, relatives and friends told police
Tuesday.
For this reason the commander and the 10 migrant smugglers
aboard the boat from Libya have also been charged with death as
a consequence of other crimes.
The 450 migrants including many unaccompanied minors landed
at Pozzallo in Sicily Monday.
France, Malta, Germany, Spain and Portugal have agreed to
take 50 each and Ireland has said it will take 20, in the first
such distribution of migrants.
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