The Italian media have revealed the number of immigrants who left today on the first ship to Albania.
"Ansa" reports that there are 16 immigrants on board the ship "Libra" of the Navy headed for Albania, where they will be transferred to open centers under Italian jurisdiction.
10 of them are from Bangladesh and 6 Egyptians.
The first ship from Italy with immigrants who will settle in the Gjadri camp has left Italy today.
The refugees aboard the "Libra" ship of the Italian Navy, all men, have been rescued in the open sea during the past weeks, the newspaper "La Repubblica" announced earlier, and their application for asylum in Italy will be checked in Albania.
While women and minors, or sick people, have been sent to Lampedusa.
According to the Italian newspaper, the persons on board were subjected to a preliminary check, while in the Gjadri camp they will be subjected to a more in-depth check to verify whether or not they will benefit from asylum in Italy.