Group of Youth Rescue Migrants off Coast of Tourist Area in Tripoli.

Tripoli, 17 May 2105(Lana) A group of youth have come to the rescue of a number of illegal immigrants off the coast of the Tourist Area of the Libyan capital, and who were on the verge of drowning after the boat they were travelling in broke down. The rescue story was circulated on SMS and reported by Al Naba television channel, which showed footage of the youth returning from a fishing journey when they come across the desperate migrants. Despite efforts by the coast guard along the Libyan coast to curb attempts by traffickers never ceased to exploit would be immigrants to transport them in ramshackle boats across the Mediterranean to the Italian shores. Last month a boat carrying illegal migrants sank in the Mediterranean with the loss of more than 800, prompting the EU to take measures to boost search and rescue operations in the southern Mediterranean. =Lana=