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International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants
Source: Reuters
World | Sun May 31, 2015 7:34am EDT
International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants
ROME | BY GAVIN JONES
The corpses of 17 migrants were brought ashore in Sicily aboard an Italian naval vessel on Sunday along with 454 survivors as efforts intensified to rescue people fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.
More than 5,000 migrants trying to reach Europe have been saved from boats in distress in the Mediterranean since Friday and operations are in progress to rescue 500 more, European Union authorities said on Sunday.
In some of the most intense Mediterranean traffic of the year, migrants who left Libya in 25 boats were picked up by ships from Italy, Britain, Malta and Belgium, assisted by planes from Iceland and Finland, the EU's border control agency Frontex said.
Naval and merchant vessels involved in rescue operations also came from countries including Germany, Ireland and Denmark.
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International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants
ROME | BY GAVIN JONES
The corpses of 17 migrants were brought ashore in Sicily aboard an Italian naval vessel on Sunday along with 454 survivors as efforts intensified to rescue people fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.
More than 5,000 migrants trying to reach Europe have been saved from boats in distress in the Mediterranean since Friday and operations are in progress to rescue 500 more, European Union authorities said on Sunday.
In some of the most intense Mediterranean traffic of the year, migrants who left Libya in 25 boats were picked up by ships from Italy, Britain, Malta and Belgium, assisted by planes from Iceland and Finland, the EU's border control agency Frontex said.
Naval and merchant vessels involved in rescue operations also came from countries including Germany, Ireland and Denmark.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/31/us-europe-migrants-idUSKBN0OG0GF20150531
Source: The Guardian
HMS Bulwark helps to save 4,000 migrants fleeing Libya by sea
Lin Jenkins
Saturday 30 May 2015 22.23 BST
Hundreds of migrants, many of them children, have been rescued from the Mediterranean by a British naval ship in an operation that has seen more than 4,000 people brought safely to shore in the past two days.
HMS Bulwark has been operating in waters just north of Libya, intercepting the dangerously overcrowded boats in which thousands are risking their lives to flee war and poverty in Africa. The Italian coastguard said the 19,000-tonne assault ship has taken part in some of the 22 operations carried out over 48 hours on Friday and Saturday.
Not all were successful in saving lives, however. A spokesman said 17 bodies had been found on three boats during one rescue attempt.
Bulwark operates five landing craft which intercept the unstable open wooden boats attempting the treacherous journey to Italy before bringing passengers on board or transferring them to Italian craft to be taken to safety on land. The ship has joined vessels from Italy, Germany and Ireland in the international mission codenamed Operation Weald.
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Lin Jenkins
Saturday 30 May 2015 22.23 BST
Hundreds of migrants, many of them children, have been rescued from the Mediterranean by a British naval ship in an operation that has seen more than 4,000 people brought safely to shore in the past two days.
HMS Bulwark has been operating in waters just north of Libya, intercepting the dangerously overcrowded boats in which thousands are risking their lives to flee war and poverty in Africa. The Italian coastguard said the 19,000-tonne assault ship has taken part in some of the 22 operations carried out over 48 hours on Friday and Saturday.
Not all were successful in saving lives, however. A spokesman said 17 bodies had been found on three boats during one rescue attempt.
Bulwark operates five landing craft which intercept the unstable open wooden boats attempting the treacherous journey to Italy before bringing passengers on board or transferring them to Italian craft to be taken to safety on land. The ship has joined vessels from Italy, Germany and Ireland in the international mission codenamed Operation Weald.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/30/hms-bulwark-rescue-thousands-libya-boats