Two migrants were reported dead after more than 80 migrants were saved from two sea rescue operations in the coast of Libya.
This was revealed in a statement by the international charity, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in a statement on Sunday.
The operations, which took place in the Mediterranean late Saturday, was warranted after the migrants sent distress signal from a rubber boat in the international waters off the Libyan coast.
A total of 141 migrants were also rescued by the Moroccan navy at the Atlantic coast as the crisis of illegal immigration worsens.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, on Sunday, citing that the migrants included three women and two children, who had nationalities from sub-Saharan African countries.
It stated that the rescue operation lasted about 15 hours due to the bad weather conditions at the Atlantic coast.
The migrants had departed Mauritanian coast on February 10 to their Canary Islands destination, one of the Spanish archipelago, located not far from the Northwestern Africa coast.
According to the statement, the migrants sent a distress signal after their boat was stranded 274 km off the Dakhla port.
The boat was then intercepted by the navy and handed over to the Royal Gendarmerie for due process after the needed care was granted them.
In 2023, 87,000 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were arrested by the Moroccan army.
