2200 boat people rescued at sea

Emergency services have sat more than 2,200 boat people picked from the Mediterranean.

The refugees risked crossing thirteen inflatables, two small boats and a large ship.

A day earlier made the International Organization for Migration announced that a record number of migrants killed this year in the Mediterranean. Up to now, more than 4220 people died from drowning or exhaustion. In 2015, the total death toll stood at 3770.