Sentence examples for migrant vessels from inspiring English sources

The ministerial meeting comes as more rag-tag migrant vessels arrive at Italy's shores.

Charities had warned that spring would see more migrant vessels but that Frontex would not be able to cope.

Helicopters spotted a number of migrant vessels – often in poor visibility – allowing boats from HMS Bulwark to get to them.

The captains of migrant vessels such as this often cut the engines within sight of land and wait for the Italian coastguard to tow them in.

After the Lampedusa tragedy, Italy scrambled a new force called Mare Nostrum to patrol the Mediterranean and rescue stricken migrant vessels.

But, said Catrambone, the Italians and Maltese still depended largely on commercial vessels to alert them to migrant vessels in distress.

The migrant vessel rapidly sank, taking those below decks with it and tipping the rest into the black night sea.

A merchant ship reported at 7 20 a.m. on Friday that the migrant vessel had capsized, the Italian Coast Guard said.

Finally Mansur linked his small turquoise and orange boat to the migrant vessel to collect the women and children who had remained on board.

The distress call from the migrant vessel came late on Saturday night, when the Italian coastguard was called by someone who said: "We're at sea, help us".

The Italian coastguard said it was highly probable that not more than one person in 20 aboard the ill-fated migrant vessel had survived.