118 migrants were rescued from the rubber dinghy by the Doctors Without Borders ship Dignity at 38 nautical miles off the coast of Libya.
Sicily
92-year-old Syrian refugee disembarks at August, Sicily
May 29, 2015
Abdel Fahim Taktak, a 92-year-old refugee from Syria survived eight days at sea and upon landing at Augusta, Sicily after rescue by Italian authorities was seen playing with his grandchildren. He was part of a group of 187 men, 38 women and 9 children who had taken off from the coast of Egypt and were rescued from their fishing Read More
IMMIGRANTS: one dead, a thousand rescued
April 11, 2015
They were taken to Porto Empedocle, near Agrigento, Sicily. Read it in today's La Repubblica.
1500 immigrants saved at sea in one day
April 5, 2015
Five overloaded, unseaworthy ex-fishing boats loaded with would-be immigrants were saved from danger near the Libyan shores . The Italian Navy had received a distress call via satellite phone warning that three boats were in need of rescue. The ships sent found five boats full of people and rescued all of them, taking them to Lampedusa and Porto Empedocle in Sicily. Read More