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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
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