The Italian Coast Guard announced today, Monday, that it is conducting operations to rescue two boats carrying a total of 1,200 people, following an increase in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa over the weekend. One of the boats, carrying 400 people off the coast of Calabria in southern Italy, had previously been spotted in Maltese territorial waters. Earlier on Monday, the German NGO "Sea-Watch," which located the fishing boat with one of its aircraft, stated that a commercial vessel in the area provided the boat with fuel and water, but Maltese authorities ordered it not to rescue the boat.
Italy Rescues 1,200 Migrants in the Mediterranean
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