They walked along Provincial Road 71 in the Chia area, Domus de Maria . The group made up of 16 foreigners was traced by the carabinieri of the local station together with colleagues from Pula who had received a report from the Cagliari operations centre.
They told the soldiers that they were Algerians : they are all men and there are also two minors , in good health.
Shortly before they had arrived on a boat of which they did not provide any information, subsequent searches made it possible to find a nautical engine, carefully hidden at the edge of the vegetation on a beach, but no trace of the small boat.
The migrants were accompanied to the reception center in Monastir by means of a partner company.
(Unioneonline/ss)
