Tunis rescues 350 immigrants sailing towards Italy.
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Tunis, 10.06.2015(Lana) The Tunisian Navy has rescued Wednesday
350 immigrants including scores of Syrians who were on board a boat
which is in a very bad state. The immigrants were on their way from
the Libyan coast towards Italian Lespedeza island.
Head of Red Crescent Society in Ben Gardan, Abdulkareem Al-Ruqai
said the navy forces intercepted the boat off the Tunisian coast and
rescued up to now 350 immigrants holding various nationalities and
transported them to Ben Gardan port.
He added that immigrants include Syrian women and children
besides Africans and work underway to rescue about 300 immigrants
still stranded on the boat.
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