Italian Coast Guards Rescue More than ( 2000 ) Immigrants in the Mediterranean.
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Rome : 06. 6 . 2015 - Lana - Italian Coast Guards declared
Saturday that its forces had rescued thousands of immigrants who were
on board wooden boats in the Mediterranean.
Immigrants Assistance Station, which is non-governmental
organization, said that more than ( 2000 ) immigrants on board ( 5 )
wooden boats in the Mediterranean . The station coordinated a rescue
operation with Italian , Irish and German ships in rescuing those
immigrants boarding crowded boats .
UN Refugees Commission said that ( 46500 ) immigrants arrived in
Italy by sea during the first five months of this year, that is ( 12
% ) more than the same period last year .
The Italian government expects the number of illegal immigrants
to reach ( 200.000 ) this year in return to
( 170.000 ) last year .
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