(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 29 - Some 114 refugees will travel from
Libya to Italy Wednesday and be received by the national
reception system, the Sant'Egidio Catholic lay peacemaking
community, and Evangelical Churches, the interior ministry said
Tuesday.
The refugees will arrive at the airport of Rome Fiumicino,
thanks to an evacuation operation.
Originally from Syria and some African countries, including
Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo,
101 will be hosted in the national reception system and the
other 13 by Sant'Egidio, by the Italian Federation of
Evangelical Churches and by the Waldensian Church, the ministry
said.
The ministry explained that this arrival comes under the first
protocol for refugees and asylum seekers from Libya, signed by
the Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs, UNHCR, the
Community of Sant'Egidio, the Federation of Evangelical Churches
and the Waldensian Council, for a total of 500 people welcomed
into Italy, 300 by the State and 200 by the various
associations. (ANSA).
114 refugees from Libya to Italy Wednesday
To be taken into national system, Sant'Egidio, evangelicals