
Italian vessels have helped rescue more than 2,000 illegal immigrants off the Libyan coast who were trying to reach Europe, the Italian coastguard said in a statement on Tuesday.
They were on board 14 rubber boats, the statement added.
Other 600 illegal immigrants were rescued from two boats in the Maltese territorial waters, the statement noted.
Source: MENA
GMT 16:47 2016 Friday ,06 May
Italy rescues nearly 1800 migrants in Mediterranean
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