Hundreds of Libyan refugees rescued at sea Italy
Baku, August 5 (AZERTAC). According to Taiwan`s `Central` Web site reported that the Italian Coast Guard said, 4 in the island of Lampedusa (Lampedusa) near rescued more than 300 refugees who fled Libya One refugee said, About 100 people died aboard a ship overloaded, but the coastal defense team did not confirm this view.
According to reports, the refugees aboard the ship said to about 20 meters, floating off the coast for 36 hours the Coast Guard said in a statement, a tug originally membership of Cyprus would like to try to rescue, and later issued a warning.
Italian ANSA news agency (ANSA) reported that a Moroccan female refugee said: `We have 300 people, but about 100 people did not survive, mostly women. People had the bodies of the victims thrown into the sea.`
According to reports, the woman`s statement and the Italian Coast Guard information provided earlier conflict. Coastal defense team said in Lampedusa Island, about 167 kilometers south to find the ship, on board of 300 severely dehydrated refugees rescued(http://www.f-paper.com/).
However, the island of Lampedusa port commander Mo Lana (Antonio Morana) that was ordered out to assist refugees in boats `at that area to see the clothes floating in the sea, and perhaps some bodies.`
Mo Lana said rescue workers could not verify whether the sea floating bodies of the victims.
He said: `We have to leave quickly, poor delivery of Health smuggling 300 people.` He said, poor visibility at sea, leading to coastal defense team in the Maritime Search and greatly increased the difficulty of the remains of the victims.
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