E. Ro with AFP –
He arrived safe and sound. In the midst of the 70 men present on a boat that crossed the Mediterranean and docked on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Friday, December 17, was a child barely one year old and unaccompanied, told several Italian media.
“He crossed the Mediterranean before he even learned to walk. He braved the waves alone”, reported the daily La Repubblica, pointing out that the child is “too young to reveal his name and history”. According to the newspaper, the other migrants on the boat did not know the identity of the child, but his parents begged them to keep him safe during the crossing, possibly because they had not been able to board. with him.
Recently, a 14-year-old boy also arrived in Lampedusa. Her mother died during a rescue attempt off the island. “She was on a boat with 25 other people, including her own son, who saw her drown”, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Twitter. It is “a new loss that could have been avoided at the gates of Europe, a new life cut short by irresponsible migration policies”, denounced the organization.