27 migrants have frozen to death (hypothermia). Waves were
up to eight metres high and temperatures were just above freezing. Pietro
Bartolo, chief health care official on the island, said the migrants had to
spend around 18 hours on the open decks of two patrol boats as they made their
way to dry land. Mr Bartolo added: "They were all soaking wet in high seas
and strong winds."
A search and rescue mission called Mare Nostrum, replaced by
a smaller scale the Triton operation, has
been disbanded and since then no navy
ships capable of hosting large numbers of migrants below deck have patrolled
the waters near the Libyan coast.
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