The Italian Navy rescued 100 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as 75 other migrants, found clinging to a tuna pen, were taken to Malta, according to officials.
The navy said that it rescued “100 people, including 17 women and 23 minors,” AFP reports. Only a few of the migrants had a lifejacket. The boat’s engine had failed and the weather was worsening, leaving them “in imminent danger,” a Navy statement said.
It was not clear where the migrants will be taken following the rescue which happened about 90 nautical miles south of Lampedusa.
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Malta’s Navy said earlier that it had rescued 75 migrants found clinging to a tuna pen while trying to make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.