Pakistani migrants: Hundreds rescued off Italian coast
All the migrants are being held in reception centers in Sicily and Lampedusa: Official
ROME:
Italian coastguards said on Friday they had intercepted almost 700 migrants, including Pakistanis trying to get to the country on board 10 flimsy boats.
Rescue workers received a call from a boat carrying 131 people from Africa, Pakistan and Bangladesh close to Lampedusa.
Emergency services were sent to rescue them and another 70 people in a nearby craft.
All the migrants are being held in reception centers in Sicily and Lampedusa, an official said.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 31st, 2013.
Italian coastguards said on Friday they had intercepted almost 700 migrants, including Pakistanis trying to get to the country on board 10 flimsy boats.
Rescue workers received a call from a boat carrying 131 people from Africa, Pakistan and Bangladesh close to Lampedusa.
Emergency services were sent to rescue them and another 70 people in a nearby craft.
All the migrants are being held in reception centers in Sicily and Lampedusa, an official said.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 31st, 2013.