Coast guard rescues 450 migrants 100 miles from Siracusa

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 23 - The Italian coast guard on Thursday rescued around 450 migrants about 100 miles from Siracusa, sources said.
    A new rescue operation, after the rescue of some 330 mostly Pakistani migrants 100 miles off Calabria Thursday morning, was carried out by the Catania coast guard for a fishing boat, spotted about 100 miles east of Siracusa, with about 450 migrants on board.
    The vessel, in precarious seaworthiness conditions, was reached and rescued by the Corsi ship and a Coast Guard patrol boat.
    Three merchant ships and a Frontex patrol vessel were also on the scene assisting. (ANSA).