Thousands of Migrants Rescued on Mediterranean Sea
Nearly 3,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, according to the United Nations migration agency, which also reported that more than a dozen rescue operations were under way in the area this week.
Citing the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Rome, IOM spokesperson Joel Millman said Friday in Geneva that “2,139 migrants had been rescued on 18 May alone through more than a dozen different operations in Mediterranean international waters. Additionally, IOM learned of about 500 people rescued in Libyan waters that day.”
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While exact casualty numbers were not known, the UN said IOM’s Libya office has reported the remains of six migrants that were found over the past four days in various spots and communities on the Libyan coast.
Mr. Millman noted that it is quite possible that some of those had been from a previous shipwreck or perhaps all from new wreckage, which IOM is still trying to determine. He also highlighted the numbers who had been crossing from Greece in the first four months of 2017.
