Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Italian navy rescues migrants, survivors say up to 50 feared missing

Italian authorities and the Red Cross wait for migrants as they disembark from the Medecins Sans Frontiere (MSF) rescue ship Bourbon Argos in Trapani, on the island of SicilyThe Italian navy rescued a boat carrying migrants off the coast of Libya on Tuesday and Italian reports said survivors spoke of as many as 50 others who had been on board but were feared missing. The navy said on Twitter one of its ships, the Fenice, had rescued migrants from an inflatable rubber boat but gave no details or numbers. It said they had been transferred to a coast guard patrol boat.


No comments:

Post a Comment