Migrants stand on the deck of the MV Aquarius, a rescue vessel chartered by SOS-Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF Medecins Sans Frontieres), as it approaches the Italian coast on May 10, 2018. Italy’s coast guard granted authorisation for 105 migrants rescued at sea by Spanish NGO Open Arms to transfer to the Aquarius and to disembark them at the port of Catania, Sicily. / AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
Libya’s coastguard has rescued nearly 1,000 migrants who were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean on their way to Europe, the navy said on Monday.
Three separate operations took place on Sunday with the coastguard bringing ashore in Libya a total of 948 migrants, navy spokesman Ayoub Kacem said.
The migrants were on inflatable dinghies which were facing…
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