Two Italian Navy vessels on Tuesday
rescued a total of 730 migrants off two dangerously overcrowded
boats coming from North Africa, the Navy said Wednesday.
Among them were 124 women and 29 minors.
Navy helicopters first saw the migrant boats while on
patrol, and a decision was made to rescue the people on board
because they did not have life jackets and the vessels were
deemed unseaworthy, Navy sources said.
A Navy ship is taking the migrants to the Sicilian coast
town of Porto Empedocle, where they are expected to arrive
sometime today.
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