Video: Over 50 Nigerian migrants rescued on way to Italy
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the second boat was turned back off garabulli east of tripoli and had 112 people on board2 no fewer than 50 nigerian migrants were among the hundreds ofmigrants rescued today in the mediterranean by libyas coastguard and an international charity doctors without bordersmsf2 according to reuters more than half the migrants on that boat were nigerians with the rest from other sub-saharan african countries as well as two palestinians2 watch the 19 sec. video posted by msf2 rt msf rt msfsea the will remain on standby in international waters ready to rescue other boats in distress. s doctor dan explains2 nicolacois @nicolacois2 the libyan coastguard vessels alsointercepted two of the migrant boats the first an inflatable dinghy that had broken down with 125 people on board off zawiya just west of the capital tripoli said ayoub qassem a coastguard spokesman2 the nigerians were aboard a boat with 110 migrants. they were rescued by a ship being operated by msf 21 miles from the coast west of tripoli. the ship will deliver the migrants who included 18 women and one child to italy2 the migrants and their smugglers were trying to take advantage of calm seas as they launched a flurry of boats towards italy2 meanwhile the coastguard in zuwara a former libyan smuggling hub west of zawiya said they had foiled a departure during the night and arrested some migrants whilst others had escaped with smugglers2 the coastguard posted pictures of detained sub-saharan african migrants sitting in an inflatable rubber boat on the beach in the dark2 libya is the main departure point for migrants attempting to reach europe by sea. more than 600000 migrants have crossed the central mediterranean to italy over the past four years as people smugglers took advantage of a security vacuum in libya2 since last summer the rate of departures dropped significantly after smugglers in the libyan town of sabratha struck a deal with the tripoli government to halt their activities and were then pushed out of the town by rival armed groups2 libyas eu-backed coastguard has also stepped up interceptions often cutting migrant boats off before they can reach international vessels that would bring them to europe2

Video: Over 50 Nigerian migrants rescued on way to Italy
News & Trends •
the second boat was turned back off garabulli east of tripoli and had 112 people on board2 no fewer than 50 nigerian migrants were among the hundreds ofmigrants rescued today in the mediterranean by libyas coastguard and an international charity doctors without bordersmsf2 according to reuters more than half the migrants on that boat were nigerians with the rest from other sub-saharan african countries as well as two palestinians2 watch the 19 sec. video posted by msf2 rt msf rt msfsea the will remain on standby in international waters ready to rescue other boats in distress. s doctor dan explains2 nicolacois @nicolacois2 the libyan coastguard vessels alsointercepted two of the migrant boats the first an inflatable dinghy that had broken down with 125 people on board off zawiya just west of the capital tripoli said ayoub qassem a coastguard spokesman2 the nigerians were aboard a boat with 110 migrants. they were rescued by a ship being operated by msf 21 miles from the coast west of tripoli. the ship will deliver the migrants who included 18 women and one child to italy2 the migrants and their smugglers were trying to take advantage of calm seas as they launched a flurry of boats towards italy2 meanwhile the coastguard in zuwara a former libyan smuggling hub west of zawiya said they had foiled a departure during the night and arrested some migrants whilst others had escaped with smugglers2 the coastguard posted pictures of detained sub-saharan african migrants sitting in an inflatable rubber boat on the beach in the dark2 libya is the main departure point for migrants attempting to reach europe by sea. more than 600000 migrants have crossed the central mediterranean to italy over the past four years as people smugglers took advantage of a security vacuum in libya2 since last summer the rate of departures dropped significantly after smugglers in the libyan town of sabratha struck a deal with the tripoli government to halt their activities and were then pushed out of the town by rival armed groups2 libyas eu-backed coastguard has also stepped up interceptions often cutting migrant boats off before they can reach international vessels that would bring them to europe2