International Business Times reports that a Nigerian woman has given birth on an Italian navy ship. She went into labour as she was rescued from a boat in the Mediterranean Sea.
As a tribute to the Italian Navy (Marina Militare), the baby has been named Francesca Marina.
The crew from the Italian navy ship Bettica found the woman in labour on a boat, one of the 34 vessels intercepted over the weekend. A snapshot released by the Marina Militare shows the baby girl sleeping in an improvised cradle decorated with a pink bow.
In the meantime, ten bodies of migrants have been discovered at sea and the rescue efforts are still ongoing. Every year, thousands of African migrants risk their lives to reach Europe in the search of better lives. It is a perilous journey for them with each migrant having a gripping tale to tell.
The baby has been named Francesca Marina after Italy’s Marina Militare navy(Marina Militare).
Migrants sit in their boat during a rescue operation by Italian navy ship Vega off the coast of Sicily (Marina Militare/Reuters).
The Italian navy intercepts a boatload of migrants in the Mediterranean(Marina Militare/Reuters).
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