Portugal Air force helps save 'about 1,000 migrants in 3 days' in Mediterranean
Portugal's air force announced that it had helped rescue about 1,000 migrants in three days in the Mediterranean, lifting to almost 5,800 the total number of people saved in missions in which it has participated over the last two years.
In a statement, the air force said that it on Tuesday too part "in the rescue of about 250 illegal migrants, in the Mediterranean Sea" whose vessel ended up sinking.
"In the same mission a fishing boat was located that had been adrift since 27 May, on which day it was the subject of a rescue mission, as it constituted a danger to maritime safety," the statement said.
Saturday had seen a double rescue mission in which Portugal's air force too part with the saving of some 390 people on one vessel and about 360 on another.
"In a few days, the Air Force helped to save about a thousand migrants in FRONTEX's Operation TRITON," it stated.
According to the statement, Portugal's air force began participating in these missions run by the European Union's border agency Frontex in 2007, and has been a regular participant since 2011.
"In the last two years, the Air Force's C-295M and P3C CUP+ aircraft have already taken part in the rescue of more than 5.760 people in the Mediterranean Sea," it concluded.
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