A German ship was involved in four separate rescue operations, the Italian coast guard said on Saturday evening. A flotilla of ships saved 668 people from boats in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday, authorities in Italy said, bringing the week’s total of refugees plucked from the sea to 13,000 people. Among those in the audience was a Nigerian youth who lost his parents in 2014 as the family tried to reach Italy by sea. The rescues by the Italian coast guard and navy ships, aided by Irish and German vessels and humanitarian groups, are the latest by a multinational patrol south of the Italian island of Sicily. Facebook Twitter Pinterest In this photo taken in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan coast, Friday, May 27, 2016, rescuers help migrants to board rubber dinghies before towing them to the Vega.

Source: The Guardian May 29, 2016 01:07 UTC