ROME: The Italian coast guard rescued 75 immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa from a drifting dinghy on Saturday after receiving an emergency call for help by satellite phone, a spokesman told AFP.| Strange, they weren't fleeing to Yemen? |
Four of the women are pregnant, according to Italian media reports. It was not yet clear where the 10-meter long dinghy had set sail from or how long it had been at sea.
“The immigrants were taken off the dinghy onto two coast guard boats which had gone out immediately to save them. They are being brought back to Lampedusa, where they are expected to land early this evening,” Marini said.