Italy Moves To Rescue 1,200 Migrants Stranded In Boats
A coastguard in Italy is currently carrying out two large-scale operations to rescue around 1,200 migrants from overcrowded boats off the coast of Sicily.
About 800 people are traveling on one of the fishing boats, while around 400 are on another.
The boat carrying 400 people, which is believed to have set out from Tobruk in Libya, was still without help late on Monday evening, according to an unofficial hotline for migrants in distress, alarm phone.
It said it had raised an urgent alarm with the authorities of Italy, Greece and Malta on Sunday.
The country’s coastguard has already rescued around 2,000 people in other operations since Friday.
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Migrant arrivals to Italy have risen steeply compared with the same period last year, despite efforts by the right-wing coalition government to clamp down on irregular migration.
