Refugees to arrive from Lebanon and Greece via humanitarian corridors

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 28 - A total of 73 refugees and asylum seekers will arrive in Italy on Thursday via two humanitarian corridors respectively from Lebanon and Greece, the Community of Sant'Egidio, one of the organizers, said on Tuesday.
    Some 58 Syrian refugees will arrive on a flight from Beirut, including 24 minors and several people requiring urgent medical attention, according to a statement.
    The families have been living in refugee camps or in precarious accommodation on the outskirts of Beirut and have been particularly badly impacted by the economic, social and political crisis affecting the country.
    They will arrive under the Humanitarian Corridors programme involving faith-based organizations and the Italian foreign and interior ministries that has brought over 6,000 refugees to Italy and Europe in safety and dignity since 2016, including 2.486 from Lebanon, according to the statement.
    Also on Thursday, 15 highly vulnerable asylum seekers originating from Iraq, Congo and Somalia will arrive in Italy from Greece under a specific agreement between Sant'Egidio and the Italian government. (ANSA).