Around 5,300 migrants, mainly from Sub-Saharan Africa, were
rescued in the Mediterranean off the
Libyan coast last week, EU border agency Frontex said Tuesday. Most were
rescued Over the weekend, plucked from wooden or rubber boats, in one of the busiest three-day periods since the Frontex-coordinated operation Triton was launched in **vember 2014. "Thousands of
migrants have been
rescued off the
Libyan coast this weekend and I am proud to say that vessels and aircraft funded by Frontex helped save more than half of them," said Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri.
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