(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 2 - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) rescued a total of 95 migrants from two capsized boats off Libya at Italy's request on Sunday night.
    The MSF team on board the Geo Barents rescue ship sprang into action after receiving a request from the Italian national maritime rescue coordination centre.
    It is the first rescue since the introduction of a new code of conduct for NGOs operating rescue missions in Italian waters envisaging fines and seizures, a ban on transshipping, and authorizations for a single rescue op only.
    MSF said the first migrant boat tipped over in heavy seas and the 41 survivors, including two women, are now on board the Geo Barents and receiving assistance from the MSF team.
    The rescue ship went on to rescue another group of migrants and in all it is now taking 85 of them to Taranto. (ANSA).