Aircraft rescues over 200 migrants

(To Marina Militare)
29/04/16

During the morning, the ship Aviere of the Italian Navy, conducted rescue operations on two inflatable boats full of migrants, in precarious conditions of buoyancy off the Libyan coasts, rescuing 238 migrants in total, of which 72 were smaller.

600 are the migrants rescued by the frigate since the beginning of this week Aviere, engaged in the "Mare Safe" air-naval device which carries out maritime presence, surveillance and security activities in the Central Mediterranean, in order to ensure the protection of national interests by protecting communication lines, commercial ships and off-shore platforms. national interest.