rescue Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/rescue/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 06 Jul 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 rescue Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/rescue/ 32 32 Italian marine rescue saves African migrants https://jjcornish.com/2014/07/italian-marine-rescue-saves-african-migrants/ Sun, 06 Jul 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/07/italian-marine-rescue-saves-african-migrants/ Italy’s maritime search and rescue missions saved more than 2 600 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean this past few days. This follows the tragic discovery of 45 people suffocated on a packed fishing vessel off Sicily last week. The people rescued come from Eritrea Sudan, Algeria and the DRC. They’d hoped to swell the number […]

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]]> Italy’s maritime search and rescue missions saved more than 2 600 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean this past few days.

This follows the tragic discovery of 45 people suffocated on a packed fishing vessel off Sicily last week.

The people rescued come from Eritrea Sudan, Algeria and the DRC.

They’d hoped to swell the number of sixty-three-and-a-half thousands people who’ve landed in Italy – hoping to find a better life in Europe.

Their number exceeds the 2011 record of 62 000.

Boats and helicopters were used to save them – mostly men but a number of minors and nine-months pregnant woman.

They’d made the journey across the shortest expanse of sea between Italy and Africa, taking advantage of a calmer Mediterranean and warmer weather.

But even in better conditions it’s a deadly journey as the victims last week showed.

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