{"id":2072,"date":"2015-05-29T23:28:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T23:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2015-05-29T23:28:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T23:28:28","slug":"mediterranean-migrant-crisis-hundreds-rescued-off-sicily-4-hours-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/05\/29\/mediterranean-migrant-crisis-hundreds-rescued-off-sicily-4-hours-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean migrant crisis: Hundreds rescued off Sicily  4 hours ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"story-body__h1\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption lead\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/media\/images\/83292000\/jpg\/_83292411_83292151.jpg\" alt=\"Migrants wait to disembark from a coastguard vessel at Messina harbour, Sicily, 6 May 2015\" width=\"277\" height=\"156\" \/><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption lead\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption lead\"><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Tens of thousands have managed to sail to Europe this year, but many have died<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"pullout mini-hyper\">\n<div class=\"pullout-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A total of 741 migrants travelling in six boats have been rescued off Sicily, the Italian coastguard says.<\/p>\n<p>The migrants, who had set sail from Libya, were picked up by EU naval vessels on Thursday, a coastguard spokesman told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Last month the EU pledged to beef up maritime patrols and fight trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The UN estimates that 60,000 people have already tried to cross the Mediterranean in the past five months, and that about 1,800 people have died.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll represents a 30-fold increase on the same period in 2014, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).<\/p>\n<p>The rise has been attributed to chaos in Libya &#8211; the staging post for most crossings &#8211; as well as milder weather.<\/p>\n<p>Many migrants are trying to escape conflict or poverty in countries such as Syria, Eritrea, Nigeria and Somalia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait full-width no-caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/media\/images\/82353000\/gif\/_82353692_key_migration_routes_624.gif\" alt=\"map showing migration routes\" width=\"183\" height=\"192\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of thousands have managed to sail to Europe this year, but many have died A total of 741 migrants travelling in six boats have been rescued off Sicily, the Italian coastguard says. 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