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Italian Coast Guards Rescue 3,400 Migrants Off Libyan Shore
Italian Coast Guards Rescue 3,400 Migrants Off Libyan Shore
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Total of 3,400 people of refugees were saved in the Mediterranean sea near the Libyan shore by Italian coast guards, according to official statement. 29.07.2016, Sputnik International
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Italian Coast Guards Rescue 3,400 Migrants Off Libyan Shore
Total of 3,400 people of refugees were saved in the Mediterranean sea near the Libyan shore by Italian coast guards, according to official statement.
MOSCOW(Sputnik) — Italian coast guards saved a total of 3,400 people on Friday after they set sail from the Libyan shore in an attempt to reach Europe.
Guardia Costiera said on Twitter that 34 migrant boats were intercepted in the space of one day. The Italian Navy has been patrolling the northern Libyan as part of EU’s operation Sophia to prevent human trafficking.
10 October 2015, 16:56 GMT
SOS Mediterranee, a European association rescuing refugees at high seas, said in its Twitter feed that it rescued 236 people in 22 hauls on Friday. Many of the migrants, identified as Bangladeshi and Eritreans, were dehydrated.
Thousands of people have embarked on the perilous voyage across the Mediterranean since 2015 in a bid to escape war and poverty in North Africa and the Middle East. Over 3,770 of them drowned last year, according to the International Organization for Migration.
