Published : 31-08-2016
The Italian Coast Guard confirmed through Twitter that the coast guard rescued more than 6500 migrants off the Libyan coast, within only 24 hours.
According to agencies, the rescue operation was in coordination with the Italian Coast Guard and the European Maritime (Sofia) specialized in combating people smuggling, and some warships belonging to humanitarian organizations and the European agency for border control (Frontex)
The agencies said that the migrants (expected to be Africans) were found stacked up in dozens of boats, many of these boats were inflatable, damaged, and not suitable for use.
Doctors without Borders declared that its Al Karama ship participated with Proactive Open Arms Organization in rescuing hundreds of immigrants, who were found on 15 rubber and fishing boats including a patient child 5 days old, who was carried to the hospital in Italy with a helicopter.
The Italian Coast Guard confirmed through Twitter that the coast guard rescued more than 6500 migrants off the Libyan coast, within only 24 hours.
According to agencies, the rescue operation was in coordination with the Italian Coast Guard and the European Maritime (Sofia) specialized in combating people smuggling, and some warships belonging to humanitarian organizations and the European agency for border control (Frontex)
The agencies said that the migrants (expected to be Africans) were found stacked up in dozens of boats, many of these boats were inflatable, damaged, and not suitable for use.
Doctors without Borders declared that its Al Karama ship participated with Proactive Open Arms Organization in rescuing hundreds of immigrants, who were found on 15 rubber and fishing boats including a patient child 5 days old, who was carried to the hospital in Italy with a helicopter.
