LE Niamh to arrive in Sicilian port with rescued migrants from capsized boat

The Irish naval vessel the LE Niamh is set to arrive around now into port in Palermo, Sicily - with over 350 migrants on board.

LE Niamh to arrive in Sicilian port with rescued migrants from capsized boat

The Irish naval vessel the LE Niamh is set to arrive around now into port in Palermo, Sicily - with over 350 migrants on board.

It is feared up to 200 migrants may have drowned after an overcrowded boat they were on capsized in the Mediterranean.

The LE Niamh

25 bodies have been recovered - while around 367 people, including a one-year-old baby girl, have been rescued.

The LE Niamh was one of the first on the scene when the fishing boat capsized yesterday off the Libyan coast.

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