Cyprus authorities rescue 115 Syrian refugees within three days
ARK News… Cypriot authorities announced that they had rescued 115 Syrian refugees on three separate boats over the past three days, noting an increase in the number of Syrians arriving by sea in recent months.
Cypriot police said they rescued 18 Syrian migrants on Monday after their boat began entering territorial waters 3.5 miles off the island's southeast coast, the Associated Press reported.
It explained that 11 men, three unaccompanied minors, a woman and her three children were on a boat that sailed from the city of Tartous on the Syrian coast, and they were transferred to a patrol ship belonging to the Cypriot Coast Guard.
The Cyprus News Agency reported that the woman and her three children were taken to hospital after one of the children fainted, while the other 14 migrants were taken to a reception center on the western outskirts of the capital, Nicosia.
Cypriot police indicated that they had detained a 23-year-old man on suspicion of facilitating the illegal entry of migrants.
The latest rescue comes after the Cypriot police rescued another 97 Syrian migrants, who were on two boats heading from Lebanon to Cyprus last Saturday and Sunday.
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