Italian Coast Guard Rescues 229 Aboard Fishing Boat Off Sicily
The Italian Coast Guard released video on May 24 described as showing the rescue of 229 migrants traveling aboard a fishing vessel in the Strait of Sicily the previous day.
Another video from the Italian Navy, released on May 23, showed assistance being provided to dozens of migrants crammed into a rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean.
Italian media reported that some 2,000 migrants were rescued from rickety vessels in the Strait of Sicily on Monday during several hours of operations involving ships from Italy, Malta, Ireland and the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières.
Irish media reported that the Irish naval vessel LÉ Róisín was involved in the rescue of 274 migrants off the coast of Tripoli on Monday before being reassigned to help in the rescue of another boat of migrants thought to number 125. Credit: YouTube/Guardia Costiera
