Nearly 800 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Nearly 800 people have been rescued from boats in distress in the Mediterranean Sea in the last 48 hours, Italian and Libyan officials said.
The Italian coastguard said on Saturday that it rescued at least 520 people from five boats in Libyan waters late on Thursday, in response to distress signals from the boats headed towards Sicily.
An additional 171 people were also rescued during the overnight mission in the waters north of Tripoli.
