This is reported by "Anadolu Agency".

As noted, the Romanian coast guard accepted the SOS signal sent from the old ship with refugees on board. So, two coast guard boats were sent to help.

Rescue operation was hampered by gusty wind and large waves. According to the commander of the Coast Guard of Romania, Christian Chiku, there were 153 illegal migrants on board the vessel, including 53 children.

According to preliminary data, in the early morning the ship was delivered to the port of Constanta. It should be noted that recently the number of illegal migrants that have been trying to get to Romania via the Black Sea.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, Austria sends 70 military to Brenner in Italy to prevent a large flow of migrants to the country.