New rescue in the Mediterranean. The Libyan way is reopened (update)
(B2) The good weather has returned... they are coming. In three days, nearly 2500 castaways from the migration were thus recovered by the various navies deployed off the coast of Libya.
The boats Sphinx et Aliseo of the Italian navy — which are taking part in Operation Mare Sicuro — thus recovered on Friday (March 18) more than 300 people who sailed in three different canoes: 115 from a first canoe, 130 migrants on a second canoe for the Sphinx. While theAliseo picked up 121 migrants, transferred from the Norwegian Frontex vessel You Pilot, according to the Italian Navy's twitter feed. They were landed at Reggio Calabria then brought by bus to Taranto. For their part, the furry Italian Coast Guard (CP 905) came to the aid of 243 people in two operations. They also recovered a body of a deceased migrant. While l'Aegean (CP322) came to the rescue during the night of 2 other boats.
The day before, Thursday (March 17), the British oceanographic vessel HMS Enterprise (EUNAVFOR MED) came to the aid of three inflatable rescue boats, previously spotted by the Spanish aerial surveillance aircraft Vigma D4. He thus recovered in all 378 castaways : 116 castaways on a canoe, 98 migrants on a second canoe and 164 coming from a third canoe.
(NGV)
