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900 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

Updated: June 17th, 2017, 23:15 IST
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Migrants hang onto flotation tubes in the sea after jumping from an overloaded wooden boat during a rescue operation 10.5 miles (16 kilometres) off the coast of Libya August 6, 2015.  An estimated 600 migrants on the boat were rescued by the international non-governmental organisations Medecins san Frontiere (MSF) and the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) without loss of life on Thursday afternoon, a day after more than 200 migrants are feared to have drowned in the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy after rescuers saved over 370 people from a capsized boat thought to be carrying 600.  Picture taken August 6, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX1OD0D

Migrants hang onto flotation tubes in the sea after jumping from an overloaded wooden boat during a rescue operation 10.5 miles (16 kilometres) off the coast of Libya August 6, 2015. An estimated 600 migrants on the boat were rescued by the international non-governmental organisations Medecins san Frontiere (MSF) and the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) without loss of life on Thursday afternoon, a day after more than 200 migrants are feared to have drowned in the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy after rescuers saved over 370 people from a capsized boat thought to be carrying 600. Picture taken August 6, 2015. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA - RTX1OD0D

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Tripoli, June 17: Libyan coast guard rescued 900 migrants on five boats, including 98 women and 25 children, off the coast of Sabratha in western Libya.

According to spokesman for the Libyan navy Ayoub Qassem, the coast guards patrol point of the nearby Zawiya city earlier Friday headed towards Sabratha city and rescued the 900 migrants, Xinhua news agency reported. “They were rescued seven miles off the coat of Sabratha,” the spokesman said.

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Qassim pointed out that the migrants are of African and Arab origins, including three Libyans. He also said that the rubber boats were perforated and submerged, and a large wooden boat was without an engine. The rescue operation lasted more than seven hours.

The coastal city of Sabratha, located 75 km west of the capital Tripoli, is one of the busiest illegal immigration departure points in Libya.

 Italian coast guards announced that more than 1,000 migrants were rescued Thursday from nine rubber and wooden boats off the coast of Libya. International Organization for Migration on Friday said that “so far this year 9,111 migrants have been rescued in Libyan waters”.

Due to the state of insecurity and chaos, Libya has become a main departure point of illegal immigration. Smugglers take advantage of the situation in the country to send thousands of migrants through the Mediterranean toward Europe, many of whom drown in the way.

International Organisation for Migration has informed Friday that in the year of 2017 so far more than 9,000 migrants have been rescued in Libyan waters alone. The coast guards of Italy have also announced of more than 1,000 migrants were rescued Thursday who were travelling in nine wooden boats off the coast of Libya. But some boats sink or become stranded when smugglers remove the engines for reuse, and some get turned back by Libya’s coast guard.

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