Army personnel rescued 27 migrants from a sinking boat off the coast of Chekka, the northern city of Lebanon.
The country's army confirmed this information in a statement on Sunday, according to AFP.
The statement said, ‘As the Navy and Coast Guard, the army personnel rescued 27 migrants from a sinking rubber boat off the coast of the Chekka on Saturday. All these migrants left for Europa.’
A Lebanese army official said on condition of anonymity that all the migrants who were rescued are Syrita citizens.
According to an AFP report, they had left for Europe from the island nation of Cyprus in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. After coming close to the coast, the boat carrying them was caught by an accident. The distance from Cyprus to Cyprus by sea is 175 km.
The army officer also learned that an operation has been started against the country's human trafficking gang and 42 people have already been arrested on charges of involvement with the gang.
