Rome CNN —An 11-year-old girl has been found clinging to tire tubes off the Italian coast after the migrant boat she was on sank three days earlier. The girl is from Sierra Leone and has been named as “Yasmine” in Italian media. A storm in the area at the time had halted operations for several NGO rescue vessels around the Italian island of Lampedusa. She is expected to survive, according to the Red Cross, which manages the migrant center on the island. Earlier this year, Italy attempted to open migrant processing centers in Albania, but their legality has been caught up in the Italian court system.

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Persons: Rome, Rome CNN —, Trotamar, Matthias Wiedenlübbert, ”, Katja Tempel Organizations: Rome CNN, German, Compass Locations: Sierra Leone, Sfax, Tunisia, Lampedusa, Europe, Italy, Albania