Italian tax police and coast guard on
Wednesday rescued a small boat off Lampedusa saving 38 migrants
including 11 women and a minor, and bringing to 124 the number
of migrants saved in a total of three rescues south of the
southern Italian island Wednesday.
The 7-metre boat went down in the Italian search and rescue area
(SAR) area off Lampedusa. No people were reported missing at
sea. The boat had come from Tunisia.
Earlier, another boat carrying 41 people was rescued and the
migrants disembarked.
Also rescued - and this was the third landing on Lampedusa in a
very short time - were 45 other migrants, including 10 women and
five minors. They too set sail from Sfax, Tunisia, at 5am
Tuesday.
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