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151 migrants land at Crotone inc 34 unaccompanied minors

Intercepted after five-day voyage from Turkey

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 28 - Shortly after midnight Saturday night, 151 migrants landed at Crotone in Calabria after being rescued off the coast of Calabria by the patrol boat Bojador of the Portuguese National Guard, which operates in the Frontex surveillance system, officials said Sunday.
    They are all male and among them are 34 unaccompanied minors from Pakistan and Egypt, the officials said.
    They were on board a fishing boat intercepted by a Coast Guard patrol boat, from which they were transhipped onto the military vessel.
    They left the Turkish coast five days ago. (ANSA).
   

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