188 lost migrants recovered by HMS Enterprise

(B2) The British ship HMS Enterprise - which is taking part in the anti-trafficking operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med) - recovered 188 migrants piled up on two inflatable boats on Tuesday (December 29). It was the EH101 helicopter aboard the Garibaldi, EUNAVFOR Med Sophia's flagship, which sounded the alarm in the early hours of the day. He had spotted two rubber boats sailing in international waters from the Libyan coast. Among the survivors, 18 women, including 2 pregnant. The migrants were then transferred to the MV Bourbon Argos which sails on behalf of Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Since its integration into Eunavfor Med in July 2015, the HMS Enterprise, has saved more than 2600 migrants, says one at the HQ of the European operation.

(NGV)