Italian Coast Guard Rescues More Than ( 3300 ) Immigrants in the Mediterranean .

Rome ; 30. May . 2015 - Lana - Italian Coast Guard has declared the rescue of more than ( 3300 ) immigrants in the Mediterranean where they found ( 17 ) dead bodies on board a number of boats. The rescue operation included four Italian military vessels and coast guard and customs police boats; in addition to military ships from Ireland , and Germany . It is to be noted that last Thursday more than ( 700 ) illegal immigrants were rescued in the Mediterranean half of those by British helicopters'' Carrier. Since the beginning of this year more than ( 40.000 ) immigrants have arrived in Italy while about ( 1770 ) others lost their lives when trying to cross the sea to Europe . On the other hand , ( 37000 ) immigrants have arrived in Greece since the beginning of 2015 , that is ( 3000) more than in 2014. = Lana =