Brussels, 16/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - Over the course of the weekend, Italian coastguards rescued more than 2,000 migrants trying to reach Lampedusa, close to Sicily, Italy, from Libya, the channel TGCom24 reports.
On Sunday 15 February, 2,164 immigrants from Libya on twelve un-seaworthy vessels were assisted between the Libyan and Italian coasts. Italian units, assisted by cargo ships, operating a few dozen nautical miles from Libya, were able to save all the passengers. According to the...