900 migrants were rescued from boats off the coast of Libya

Libyan News + Agencies
Around 900 migrants arrived in the Italian port city of Palermo on Monday. These latest arrivals were rescued off the Libyan coast.
“The operation was very good; the Italian ships we met were very professional,” Tore Barstad, commander of Norway’s Siem Pilot rescue ship, told local reporters.
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