Italian coastal guards rescue 1482 migrants in the Mediterranean.
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Rome, 28.03.2016 - Lana - On Sunday and Monday , the Italian costal
guards were able to rescue 1482 migrants in the Mediterranean off the
Libyan coasts.
The Italian coastal guards today Monday , declared that in the
framework of rescuing and monitoring the Libyan coasts , 1482 people
were rescued on Sunday and Monday , during a 12 operations , with
ships' participation.
They added , that 730 migrants were rescued on Sunday , and at least
752 on Monday were on board of 12 floatable boats , including many
women and children , their nationalities have not been declared yet.
According to numbers issued by the UNHCR on the 24th of March , said
that about 14 thousand and 492 migrants had arrived to the Italian
shores since the beginning of the year.
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