The Port and Marine Police towed the Global Sumud Flotilla vessel “Vinco Volo” to Kato Paphos harbour late yesterday afternoon after discovering it adrift in Cypriot territorial waters.
A maritime police patrol boat escorted the vessel to the harbour, where it anchored behind another flotilla ship, the “Vivy Sabre”.
Three more boats found drifting in Cypriot territorial waters are expected to be brought to Kato Paphos harbour today, according to information.
The “Vivy Sabre”, which is also part of the international Global Sumud Flotilla, remains anchored at the harbour while its crew wait for departure instructions.
The “Vivy Sabre” sailed into Paphos harbour shortly after midnight on Monday as part of a mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Its crew had set sail from a port in Sicily and previously visited Marmaris on the Turkish coast.
Three crew members have already left the vessel, according to information. Specifically, two Italian nationals flew back to their country on Tuesday night, while a third went to Limassol.
Four people remain on board—a Spanish national, a Moroccan national, a Mexican national, and a Greek woman—waiting for departure orders.
The vessel is expected to depart today with the four activists.
Meanwhile, political party delegations visited the “Vivy Sabre” to deliver food and water to those on board, expressing their solidarity with the humanitarian mission and the Palestinian people.