Baku 17° C
1,800 refugees rescued in the Mediterranean sea
Other countries
- 05 October, 2016
- 09:10
Add Report.az to preferred Google sources
Stay up to date with the top news!
Baku. 5 October. REPORT.AZ/ The sailors of the Italian coast guard has saved 1,800 people with a few distress boats.
Report informs referring to the BFMTV, large-scale search operation was launched after the open sea was discovered half a dozen different vessels with illegal migrants.
Despite the coming assistance, some could not be saved.
Members of the coast guard lifted out of the water three dozen bodies, about half of the victims are children and women.
According to eyewitnesses, now in the Mediterranean sea, drifting some more boats. Some of them are so crowded that people break down in water. The total number of distress illegals can reach thousands of people.
Latest News
16:52
Baku meeting yields decisions to strengthen anti-corruption fight, MACC chief commissioner says
Other countries
16:49
Farid Shafiyev: Azerbaijan seeks to change paradigm in relations with EU - Interview
Foreign policy
16:47
Photo
Azerbaijan promotes tourism investment opportunities at Doha forum
Tourism
16:42
Online lending raises new issues related to personal data protection, expert says
Finance
16:36
Libya interested in expanding international anti-corruption co-op
Other countries
16:35
CBA official urges financial institutions to regularly test cyber resilience
ICT
16:32
Photo
Azerbaijani prosecutor general meets with Côte d'Ivoire delegation in Baku
Foreign policy
16:31
Azerbaijani manat's nominal and real effective exchange rates grow
Finance
16:30
Nakhchivan's construction materials production rises by 16%
Industry