As part of its continuing operations to secure the Libyan coast and prevent the flow of death boats, members of the Department of Combating Settlement and Illegal Migration in the Stability Support Apparatus managed, during the past two days, to rescue nearly 500 illegal immigrants from worn-out boats.

More than 200 migrants died, either by drowning or by the sharp drop in temperatures.

The migration boats were launched from the Harsha, Al-Matrod, Surman, Sabratha, Ras Youssef, and Abu Kammash areas.