Around 4.50pm. Yesterday, the Search and Rescue Coordination Center (KSED), put on alert the helicopter of the "IASON" Police, for a possible incident of rescue of refugees.
At 6.55 pm, the "IASON" helicopter took off from Larnaca airport and around 8 pm, it spotted a boat with 26 people on board, sailing six nautical miles off the coast of the Republic.
The area where the boat was located was in turmoil. In adverse weather conditions, the "IASON" helicopter, with the assistance of the "ACHILLEAS" police helicopter and a National Guard helicopter, set up a rescue operation.
The 26 shipwrecked were transported safely to land, where it was established that they are 13 adults and 13 minors, refugees from Syria and Lebanon.
Some of the refugees had problems with hypothermia and dehydration and were taken to hospitals for medical treatment. Six children and a woman are being treated at the Famagusta General Hospital, six children and two women are being treated at the Larnaca General Hospital and one child was taken to Makareio Hospital in Nicosia. The health condition of all patients, according to the treating doctors, is out of danger. Another seven adults were placed by the Civil Defense in a hotel in Larnaca.
From examinations carried out by the Famagusta TAE, it was found that the boat sailed from Lebanon last Friday, October 30, 2015, bound for Greece. Each of the passengers allegedly paid $ 1000 to two people. From the examinations, it was also found that among the 26 shipwrecks that were rescued, was the three-member crew of the boat.
They are a 30-year-old, a 48-year-old and a 35-year-old, who were arrested and detained, to facilitate the investigation into an investigated case of assistance and assistance for illegal entry or stay in the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, assistance to a third country to stay in Cyprus , conspiracy to commit a crime, trafficking in adults and trafficking in children. TAE Famagusta is investigating the case.
In the camp "Pournara"
Seven of the 26 shipwrecked survivors were transported to the "Pournara" camp in Kokkinotrimithia. According to the spokesperson of the Civil Defense Olivia Michailidou, in the same camp, 6 people who were under the management of the British Bases were transferred after they submitted an asylum application.
Seven of the 26 shipwrecked people who were rescued when the boat they were on board sounded an alarm signal around 20.00 last night, while it was six nautical miles east of Protaras, off Cape Greco, were transported to the "Pournara" camp in Kokkinotri.
According to the spokesperson of the Civil Defense Olivia Michailidou, in the same camp, 6 people who were under the management of the British Bases were transferred after they submitted an asylum application.
Seven of the 26 shipwrecked people who were rescued when the boat they were on board sounded an alarm signal around 20.00 last night, while it was six nautical miles east of Protaras, off Cape Greco, were transported to the "Pournara" camp in Kokkinotri.
According to the spokesperson of the Civil Defense, Olivia Michailidou, in the same camp, 6 people who were under the management of the British Bases were transferred after they submitted an asylum application.
Source: SigmaLive.com
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