Naval Service rescues 395 more migrants in Mediterranean Sea

The Naval Service is edging close to rescuing 9,000 migrants after the latest mission by the crew of LÉ Róisín resulted in a further 395 people being picked up in the Mediterranean Sea, including 15 children.

Last year three navy ships rescued 8,592 people during the course of their humanitarian missions off the coast of Libya. The numbers are continuing to mount since LÉ Róisín arrived to participate in the resumption of rescue operations this year.

LÉ Róisín’s first rescue mission started at 7.31am yesterday, when Italian coastguard officials spotted a wooden barge crammed with migrants some 39 nautical miles north-west of Libyan capital Tripoli.