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Dozens rescued in joint Coast Guard-NGO ship operation - General News

2024-03-23T16:13:28.732Z

Highlights: Dozens rescued in joint Coast Guard-NGO ship operation. 59 people on a boat in distress some 43 miles south of Lampedusa. NGO, Mediterranea Saving Humans, said its Mare Jonio ship stabilized the overcrowded boat, handed out life jackets and helped transfer migrants to an Italian Coast Guard patrol boat. The rescued people included two pregnant women, the NGO said. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA. (see related story)

A joint operation involving the Italian Coast Guard and an NGO-run search-and-rescue ship made it possible to rescue 59 people on a boat in distress some 43 miles south of Lampedusa, the NGO, Mediterranea Saving Humans, said on Saturday. (HANDLE)

A joint operation involving the Italian Coast Guard and an NGO-run search-and-rescue ship made it possible to rescue 59 people on a boat in distress some 43 miles south of Lampedusa, the NGO, Mediterranea Saving Humans, said on Saturday.

It said its Mare Jonio ship stabilized the overcrowded boat, handed out life jackets and helped transfer migrants to an Italian Coast Guard patrol boat.

Mediterranea said the rescued people included two pregnant women.

Photo: an archive image of a migrant-boat rescue.

(see related story).

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA

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