Naval Service rescues over 10,000 in Mediterranean

The Naval Service is celebrating rescuing more than 10,000 people in the Mediterranean Sea with the latest rescue coming in the nick of time as a dinghy packed with migrants began to sink.

The crew of LÉ James Joyce plucked the migrants from the dinghy, including two unconscious women.

Their second day of operations began at 9am yesterday when they rescued 184 migrants from two dinghies 20 nautical miles north-west of Tripoli.