On its board were 87 people. At that, among the migrants there were 23 children.
According to the press service of the Romanian Coast Guard, border guard officers of the Coast Guard noticed the ship about seven o'clock in the morning.
In the Black Sea, a suspicious trawler was sighted about 14 miles from the port of Media, outside the territorial waters, bound for the coast of Romania.
At the same time, the vessel did not respond to signals from the border police and did not stop for specific checks, continuing on its way to the Romanian coast. Accompanied by coast guard boats, it stopped near the shore near the port of Midia. According to the press service, on board there were 48 men, 16 women and 23 children.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in Brazil in the river Shingu, inflow of the Amazon, on Wednesday, August 23, the ship sank. On its board were 70 passengers. As a result of the incident, killed at least seven people. At the same time dozens are considered missing.