By | Published: 10:01 am 11:53 amRome: More than 200 people, including women and children, were rescued by the Maltese navy in the Mediterranean Sea, authorities said on Saturday. Al Jazeera quoted a spokesman for the Maltese navy as saying that two separate rescue operations took place on late Friday as the migrants were crossing the Mediterranean Sea on dinghies. At least one pregnant woman was among those rescued by the Maltese forces, according to the spokesman. The first group was rescued after it “sent out a distress call that their boat was taking in water,” the spokesperson said. Relocation of migrants within the bloc has caused tensions within EU countries, with Malta, in particular, reaching an agreement with eight EU states to relocate migrants stranded off its coast on charity vessels after sea rescue operations.

Source: Libya Today May 25, 2019 22:41 UTC