http://www.kleinezeitung.at/nachrichten/chronik/3330530/239-migranten-unweit-sizilien-gerettet.story
http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/newsticker/239-migranten-aus-eritrea-unweit-von-sizilien-gerettet-1.18096121
09.06.2013 at 19:32 clock
239 migrants rescued from near Sicily
239 migrants from Eritrea have been rescued by the Italian Coast Guard. The Coast Guard was able to locate the 15-meter-long boat not far from Sicily and lead it to the port of Portopalo. For four days, the migrants from Libya were worn on shipping. Four pregnant women and several children had to be treated in hospital.
"It was a difficult rescue operation because of the high number of immigrants and their condition. Due to the long drive many of them were exhausted," said a spokesman for the Coast Guard. After a few hours reached another boat with 36 migrants on board the island of Lampedusa, between Sicily and Tunisia. Also in this case, the boat had been sighted by the Coast Guard.
Every year thousands of people dare the dangerous crossing from North Africa to Europe.Their boats and ships are often barely seaworthy.
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Received on Mon Jun 10 2013 - 18:09:12 EDT