Mare Nostrum: the rescue of the last hours

05/08/14

Tonight the frigate Aliseo rescued 480 migrants in two rescue operations south of Lampedusa. Among the 64 migrants were women and 66 the minors. One of the refugees, a diabetic, was transported to Catania this morning with the helicopter on board for the worsening of health conditions accompanied by a doctor from the Ministry of Health.

A few minutes ago, however, an intervention by the corvettes Sfinge and Urania which, with the assistance of the CP401 patrol boat, embarked 680 migrants who were traveling in a single boat without individual life jackets and with poor buoyancy.

220 migrants were boarded on the Sphinx ship, 350 on the Urania ship and 110 on the patrol boat.

Source: Military Navy

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