The Malta-based, Migrant Offshore Aid Station, said it co-ordinated the operation along with Italian, Irish and German ships.<\/p>\n
Italy’s coastguard could not confirm the numbers, but said it was trying to help around a dozen other vessels.<\/p>\n
HMS Bulwark, a British Royal Navy ship, is also making its way towards Libya to assist with the situation.<\/p>\n
BBC correspondent Jonathan Beale, who is on board, said the ship’s crew would launch helicopters and landing craft on Sunday morning in the expectation they would pick up more migrants.<\/p>\n
The Bulwark has already saved almost 1,800 people over the past month.<\/p>\n
Italian navy ship Driade rescued 560 of the migrants on Saturday, including women and children, while the Irish vessel LE Eithne picked up 310 people.<\/p>\n
The numbers of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in the hope of reaching Europe, has increased by more than 10% in the first five months of 2015.<\/p>\n
Italy’s government predicts a total of 200,000 will arrive on its shores this year, up from 170,000 in 2014.<\/p>\n
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