Italy's coastguard works to rescue 1,200 migrants drifting at sea

Italy's Coastguard Works to Rescue 1,200 Migrants Drifting at Sea

MILAN—The Italian coastguard is carrying out operations to rescue two boats carrying a total of 1,200 people, it said on Monday, after a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa over the weekend. One of the boats, which is carrying 400 people and is in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Calabria, southern Italy, had previously been sighted in Maltese waters. Earlier on Monday, German NGO Sea-Watch International, …

Italy’s coast guard works to rescue 1,200 migrants drifting at sea

MILAN: The Italian coast guard is carrying out operations to rescue two boats carrying a total of 1,200 people, it said on Monday, after a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa over the weekend. One of the boats, which is carrying 400 people and is in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Calabria, southern Italy, had previously been sighted in

Italian coastguard in rescue of two fishing boats carrying 1,200 people

Operation comes as attempted crossings of Mediterranean from north Africa surge over weekendThe Italian coastguard said on Monday it was carrying out a rescue operation involving two fishing boats with a total of 1,200 passengers on board, as the number of people attempting to cross the Mediterranean from north Africa surged over the weekend.One vessel carrying about 800 people was more than 120 miles (190 km) south-east of the Sicilian city of …

Italian coastguard working to rescue 1,200 people trying to cross Mediterranean Sea

Two boats have gotten into difficulty while trying to make the dangerous crossing.

Italy's coastguard works to rescue 1,200 migrants drifting at sea

MILAN: The Italian coastguard is carrying out operations to rescue two boats carrying a total of 1,200 people, it said on Monday, after a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa over the weekend. One of the boats, which is carrying 400 people and is in the Ionian Sea of

Italy's coastguard works to rescue 1,200 migrants drifting at sea

MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian coastguard is carrying out operations to rescue two boats carrying a total of 1,200 people, it said on Monday, after a surge in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa over the weekend. Read full story