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Italian coast guard saves 125 migrants

 

Italian coast guard saves 125 migrants 

Italian coast guard saves 125 migrants in dramatic rescue off island of Lampedusa

The migrants, thought to have crossed from the coast of Libya, included 49 women and 20 children

An Italian coast guard swimmer with rescued migrants on a raft

More than 100 migrants were left trapped at the base of a cliff after the boats they were traveling in capsized off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island.

The group of 125 asylum seekers, who are thought to have crossed the Mediterranean from the coast of Libya, were rescued in a complex operation conducted by the Italian coast guard.

The coast guard said the rescue, which took place around dawn on Thursday, was made difficult because of rough seas.

More than 100 migrants take shelter near the rocks on Lampedusa Island, Italy
More than 100 migrants take shelter near the rocks on Lampedusa Island, Italy CREDIT: Italian Coast Guard / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The migrants scrambled ashore from two boats at the Isola dei Conigli, or Island of Rabbits, a tiny islet connected to Lampedusa by a pristine white sand beach which is routinely voted one of the most stunning in the whole of Europe.

The coast guard sent two patrol boats to rescue the migrants, who included 49 women and 20 children who were in “an evident state of shock.”

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Rescue swimmers were also involved in the operation to fish people out of the water.






The migrants were taken to the main port of Lampedusa. The island’s geographical location, closer to Tunisia than mainland Italy, means that it has attracted tens of thousand of migrants and refugees in recent years.

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