By Associated Press
Morocco’s state-run news agency says Moroccan navy crews rescued 424 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday night and Monday.
The MAP news agency reported that the makeshift boats carrying the migrants were in trouble when the rescues took place, but it didn’t give details.
MAP says the rescued migrants included 53 women and 16 minors and some of the hundreds of passengers had serious health conditions.
It wasn’t immediately clear where the boats were headed, but Morocco increasingly has become a departure point for Europe-bound migrants. The North African kingdom has adopted new tactics to reduce the surge and reports stopping tens of thousands of attempted sea crossings to Spain so far this year.
