Mare Nostrum: over 2,600 migrants rescued over the weekend

Strait of Sicily 7 July 2014

Joint assets employed within the Mare Nostrum mission in the Strait of Sicily during the weekend

Today corvette Fenice rescued 161 migrants (6 of them minors), who joined the 450 migrants already onboard. All migrants will disembark at Trapani.

Motor ship CP 906 rescued 122 migrants and is also heading towards Trapani. Supply ship Etna has already embarked 800 migrants and is conducting a further rescue operation involving other 200 people. M/V CP 319 has spotted a raft carrying 354 migrants at the mouth of Lampedusa Port and has initiated rescue operations.

The 261 migrants(226 men, 23 women 4 of whom pregnant and 12 minors) rescued on Saturday by Navy frigate Grecale were transferred aboard corvette Chimera and reached Catania last night. Rescued migrants are mostly from Eritrea, Zaire, Sudan and Algeria.

Other 447 migrants were rescued by corvette Fenice yesterday. A pregnant woman had to be transferred aboard supply ship Etna by helicopter, together with her family. Etna embarked 880 people who were travelling aboard 4 rafts.

Corvette Vega took onboard 230 migrants, who were then transferred aboard motor ship Cindia (sailing under Antigua and Barbuda flag) which will disembark them at Pozzallo.

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