RESCUED MIGRANT GIVES BIRTH TO GIRL

Rome: A baby girl born soon after her mother was

rescued was among a record 6,551 migrants rescued at the weekend in the Mediterranean in 34 separate operations, Italian

Coast Guard said on Monday. An Italian Navy vessel plucked the mother from waters in the Strait of Sicily and her baby girl was safely delivered on the res

cuers’ tugboat overnight. Both were “in good health,”

the Italian Navy said Monday. At least 10 bodies were recovered during the interventions at the weekend and Navy medical staff

also certified the death of two migrants who were res

cued. The Italian Coast Guard, which coordinates

at- sea rescues, said that 2,861 people were picked up on Sunday in 17 operations,

adding to Saturday’s 17 interventions which saved 3,690 people. The United

Nations refugee agency fears over 1,750 people have already lost their lives in the Mediterranean in 2015 — 30 times more than in the same

period of 2014.