It is reported that the passengers paid boatmen two thousand dollars for transportation. Detained man suspected of illegal transportation of migrants.

At the time of rescue, the boat was in a semi-submerged state. Another couple of three hours and it would sink, the Cypriot rescuers.

Several people urgently needed medical help, among them a 36-year-old woman with a child. All 300 people were sent to the temporary center for refugees in Nicosia.

Recall that the issue of refugees is very acute in Europe, and previously the main donors for the reception were Italy and Greece.

Recently, Hungary and Slovenia filed a lawsuit with the European Court with a request to introduce quotas for the reception of refugees. Claim dismissed.

As reported in "URA-Inform", the leaders of the EU countries want to introduce in the near future for African migrants to introduce an identification system.