105 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Italian rescue organisation, Emergency, said it picked up 105 migrants from an inflatable dinghy found drifting without power in international waters.
The migrants were found off the Libyan coast in the early hours of Tuesday.
Emergency tweet that the migrants included a seven-month pregnant woman and 29 minors, 25 unaccompanied.
It said its life support vessel had been assigned the south-eastern Italian port of Brindisi as a place of safety. It is expected to dock on Friday.
The 12-metre dinghy “had serious structural problems and was taking on water, an extremely dangerous situation for navigation and the 105 people onboard, “Emergency’s Emanuele Nannini said in a statement.
She added, “Moreover, the sea conditions were worsening.”
Ms Nannini compared the situation to the shipwreck on the Italian southern coast more than a week ago.
The confirmed death toll in that disaster rose to 71 after rescue workers found the body of a three-year-old girl in the sea off the seaside resort of Staccato di Cutro.
However, around 80 people survived the shipwreck, but others remain missing.
(dpa/NAN)
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