rescued on the Mediterannean sea delivered a baby on
board before rescue came.
According to The Telegraph, the baby was born on
board an Italian navy ship, the Bettica after her mother,
who is Nigerian, was rescued from a boat floating off
the coast of Libya on Monday.
The newborn baby and her mother are said to in good
health.
The Nigerian woman was among the 6770 migrants
rescued from four different boats, all of them sent from
the coast of Libya by smuggling gangs from Middle East
and Africa.
"The mother was brought on board in dramatic
circumstances – her labour had already started," the
navy said in a statement.
The baby was delivered by Sara Modde, a doctor with
the Order of Malta, a Catholic charity that has teams of
medics on board many of the search and rescue vessels
operating in the Mediterranean.
Vincenzo Pascale, the captain of the Italian navy ship on
which the baby was born, said: "She is a beautiful baby
girl who has touched everyone on board.
The mother started to have contractions as soon as she
was brought aboard and gave birth after eight hours.
"We made a little crib and put it next to the mother,
who was worn out by the labour," he told Italian media.
However, not all of them survived the crossing. Seven
dead bodies were found aboard two large rubber
dinghies packed with migrants, while the corpses of
three others, who had apparently jumped or fallen into
the sea when they saw rescue vessels approach, were
pulled from the water.
It was further reported that the smugglers had packed
people into the boats so tightly that they were unable
to move their legs and many were suffering from
cramp
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A pregnant Nigerian woman among the 6,500 migrants
rescued on the Mediterannean sea delivered a baby on
board before rescue came.
According to The Telegraph, the baby was born on
board an Italian navy ship, the Bettica after her mother,
who is Nigerian, was rescued from a boat floating off
the coast of Libya on Monday.
The newborn baby and her mother are said to in good
health.
The Nigerian woman was among the 6770 migrants
rescued from four different boats, all of them sent from
the coast of Libya by smuggling gangs from Middle East
and Africa.
"The mother was brought on board in dramatic
circumstances – her labour had already started," the
navy said in a statement.
The baby was delivered by Sara Modde, a doctor with
the Order of Malta, a Catholic charity that has teams of
medics on board many of the search and rescue vessels
operating in the Mediterranean.
Vincenzo Pascale, the captain of the Italian navy ship on
which the baby was born, said: "She is a beautiful baby
girl who has touched everyone on board.
The mother started to have contractions as soon as she
was brought aboard and gave birth after eight hours.
"We made a little crib and put it next to the mother,
who was worn out by the labour," he told Italian media.
However, not all of them survived the crossing. Seven
dead bodies were found aboard two large rubber
dinghies packed with migrants, while the corpses of
three others, who had apparently jumped or fallen into
the sea when they saw rescue vessels approach, were
pulled from the water.
It was further reported that the smugglers had packed
people into the boats so tightly that they were unable
to move their legs and many were suffering from
cramp
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