Rescuers save 2,400 migrants in Mediterranean, recover 14 bodies

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Migrants rests after disembarking from Dignity ship in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello
Migrants rests after disembarking from Dignity ship in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

Rescuers pulled 2,400 boat migrants to safety on Saturday, the Italian coastguard said, adding 14 dead bodies had been recovered in the past two days.

The migrants were on rubber boats and other small vessels, it said in a statement. Some 20 operations were carried out on Saturday alone, including rescues involving an Irish naval ship and boats from humanitarian groups Doctors Without Borders and Sea Watch.

Doctors Without Borders said in a tweet on Saturday it believed 12 people had died during rescue operations, four of them children.

More than 3,100 migrants have gone missing or died this year while trying to use the route from north Africa to Europe by boat, the International Organization for Migration estimates.

 

REUTERS

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3 responses to “Rescuers save 2,400 migrants in Mediterranean, recover 14 bodies”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    It’s becoming a gamble to take a Mediterranean cruise … might run across a leaky boat of Africans, and the Captain might decide he has to rescue them, totally disrupting your planned island visits.

  2. It have to be extremely disappointing after such hardships to reach “the dream country” to get the unexpected news that they will be sent back home.

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