Over 400 migrants saved off Spain: rescue service

AFP  |  Tarifa(Spain) 

A total of 418 migrants were rescued in three operations off the coast of today, the said.

Twenty-seven others were found in the between and and 129 more off the in the

The operations come six days after 630 migrants arrived in the Spanish port of aboard three vessels, including the NGO rescue ship Aquarius.

The Aquarius rescued the migrants off Libya's coast on June 9 but Italy's new populist government and both refused to let it dock, triggering an international outcry, before stepped in to help.

has called an EU mini summit tomorrow to discuss the migration issue.

Spain was the third most popular destination for migrants in the last year after and

Most migrants travel in packed boats from Morocco's northern shore to Spain's southern coast, a distance of over 100 kilometres depending on the route.

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First Published: Sat, June 23 2018. 18:20 IST