LÉ Eithne rescues 410 more migrants

LÉ Eithne was steaming towards the Sicilian port of Palermo last night with 410 migrants she had rescued from the Mediterranean Sea.

The Naval Service flagship was involved in two rescue operations yesterday which involved it picking up the people, who sources described as being mainly from the west African region.

The previous day the ship had rescued a further 201 migrants, including a baby, and transferred them to the British navy’s amphibious transport, HMS Bulwark, which took them onto the safety of an Italian port.