The Italian coast guard on Sunday
rescued a trawler carrying some 600 migrants in the Maltese
search and rescue (SAR) zone south of Italy.
The rescue of the fishing boat in difficulty with about 600
migrants on board is being carried out about 170 miles south of
the coast of south-eastern Sicily, in Maltese Sar waters, by the
Italian Coast Guard.
Operations are made difficult by bad weather conditions.
It is likely that the migrants could be transferred to Sicily,
but given the large number, a division between the ports of
Augusta and Catania is assumed, which are already preparing to
receive them.
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