31 illegal immigrants, including a child, were rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard on Wednesday, an official of the Libyan Navy Force said.
The immigrants were found stranded in the mid-sea aboard a wooden boat north of the coast of Zuwara, west of Tripoli.
Spokesman of the Libyan Navy, Brigadier-General Ayoub Qasim clarified that the immigrants were from Bangladesh and Ghana, noting that they were handed over to the Illegal Immigration Agency after providing them with humanitarian assistance.
The Libyan Coast Guard managed to rescue Sunday 116 illegal immigrants of different nationalities including 111 men and 5 women, who were aboard a rubber boat north of Zuwara.
