{"id":122719,"date":"2015-06-07T13:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T13:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=122719"},"modified":"2015-06-07T13:20:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T13:20:38","slug":"migrant-crisis-warships-rescue-thousands-off-libya-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/migrant-crisis-warships-rescue-thousands-off-libya-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant crisis: Warships rescue thousands off Libya coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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
<\/p>\n
Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Malta-based, Migrant Offshore Aid Station, said it co-ordinated the operation along with Italian, Irish and German ships. Italy’s coastguard could not confirm the numbers, but said it was trying to help around a dozen other vessels. HMS Bulwark, a British Royal Navy ship, is also making its way towards Libya to assist with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":122721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n