The Italian Coast Guard on Tuesday was escorting two boats carrying 1,200 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, as part of a major operation in a region that has seen migrant arrivals spike in the past year.
Emergency workers were racing to rescue a barge with 400 migrants onboard that had ran out of fuel, according to the volunteer-run service Alarm Phone.
The Coast Guard told CNN later Monday that it is also escorting another vessel carrying 800 migrants.
“Due to the prohibitive sea conditions, the Peluso ship, the Diciotti ship and the Coast Guard patrol boats are escorting the two units, in difficulty since yesterday, with migrants on board,” the Coast Guard said on Twitter. (CNN)
European countries have taken in many migrants in the last few years.
Italy has taken many because it is a shorter distance from Africa.
But, its Coast Guard came to the rescue because that’s what all Coast Guards do: Save Lives!
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