900 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya by coast guards

Libyan coast guard have rescued 900 migrants on five boats and they include 98 women and 25 children. The recuse happened roughly seven miles off the coat of Sabratha. The mix of the migrants is African and Arab origins with three Libyans.
They were in rubber boats that were perforated and submerged, and there was also a large wooden boat minus any engine. The rescue operation lasted more than seven hours.
This is reported in thestatesman.com dated 17 June 2017.

Incidentally, the coastal city of Sabratha, which is situated 75-Km west of the capital Tripoli, is believed to be one of the busiest illegal immigration departure points in Libya. Italian coast guards have revealed that more than 1,000 migrants were rescued from a total of nine rubber and wooden boats off the coast of Libya.
According to International Organization for Migration, this rescue adds up to a total of 9,111 migrants that have been rescued in Libyan waters in this year.


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The Italian coast guards have indicated that a migrant boat capsized about 30 miles off the coast of Libya and, at least 100 migrants are missing and presumed to be dead. Four survivors have been rescued and eight bodies recovered so far, as per officials who are coordinating the rescue effort.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 15 January 2017.

French and Italian naval and merchant vessels apart from a plane and a helicopter were involved in rescue operations but poor conditions were hampering the search. The boat was believed to have carried 110 people as indicated by a spokesman for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
Incidentally, in the previous 24 hours, coast guard and naval ships and privately-owned vessels had saved nearly 750 migrants who attempted to cross the Mediterranean in rickety boats and, at least five people have died in the process.
According to government figures, a record number of 181,000 boat migrants, mostly from Africa, have reached Italy in 2016 and, most of the boats and migrant ships set off from Libya's lawless coasts because people smugglers can operate with impunity.


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