British Navy flagship HMS Bulwark rushes to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

Nearly half a million refugees are assembling in Libya to try and flee to Europe on the migrant boats that have killed thousands already. Thousands of them have already left in boats are believed to be stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.
This has been revealed by senior Royal Navy officers who are leading Britain's Mediterranean rescue mission off the Libyan coast.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 7 June 2015.

British flagship HMS Bulwark is reported to be on its way and is speeding across the Mediterranean to help rescue thousands of migrants who are stranded at sea having after having undertaken the dangerous journey from Libya to Europe.
In the opinion of HMS Bulwark's Captain, there are from 450,000 to 500,000 migrants in Libya who are waiting at the border and this is not going to stop in the near future.
The HMS Bulwark is a 19,000 tonne ship and it has on board more than 80 British personnel. It is moving at 15 knots and it has two Merlin helicopters flying ahead on surveillance missions – it can, and has, spotted another migrant boat.
Not just HMS Bulwark but there are 11 other vessels on their way to carry out a major rescue operation – it seems the migrants had set off in order to take advantage of the good weather.
Some of them have been rescued by the German Navy frigate Hessen and are at at an unspecified location in the Mediterranean Sea.
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