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"Mare Nostrum" operation: over 2500 migrants rescued in less 24 hours from all the Italian Navy's ships
Rome, Italy - "San Giorgio", "Orione", "Scirocco", "Sfinge", "Bergamini" engaged to help 17 boats
![The Italian Navy 'Scirocco' frigate (Photo by Marina Militare Italiana)](https://avionews.it/resources/big/642f5d14ccb68cd91d1f42aa7d6f3bfd.jpg.webp)
All ships of the Italian Navy in the "Mare Nostrum" operation have been committed from yesterday to rescue 17 boats of migrants coming from the North-African coasts helping over 2500 migrants, a number still provisional. The "San Giorgio" amphibian ship intervened to assist 5 boats carrying 998 people (214 women and 157 minors among them). The "Orione" patrolman in three rescue events, the last...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency