Royal Navy Rescues 259 Sub-Saharan Migrants from Mediterranean

A military source quoted by the MAP indicates that "the Royal Navy coast guards on operation in the Mediterranean have rescued, on May 25 and 26 current, several inflatable makeshift boats in difficulty".

It is a question of 259 sub-Saharan Africans, candidates for irregular migration, including women and children, specifies this military source.

All the migrants were repatriated safe and sound to the ports of Ksar-Sghir, Al-Hoceima and Nador, it is also reported.