Over 170 passengers, including migrants, were rescued from a ferry sailing from the Italian island of Lampedusa to Sicily early Saturday (Sep 30) after a fire broke out, according to media reports citing officials.

Watch | Italian coast guard rescues over 170 people aboard burning ferry

A rescue ship funded by the United Kingdom-based street artist, Banksy was seized by Italy’s coast guard in Lampedusa, on Sunday (March 26). This comes after the MV Louise Michel ship reportedly ignored its instructions to head to Sicily following a migrant rescue operation.

British artist Banksy’s migrant rescue ship seized by Italian officials

The Italian coast guard launched multiple rescue operations in the journey of sea and rescued about a thousand migrants. The rescue operation was reportedly launched after the overcrowded boats and encountered problems in the Mediterranean.

Italian coastguard rescues migrants after boats encountered issues

Sunday has been a day of rescues in the Mediterranean sea as the Italian Coast Guard along with European charities such as Sea-Watch and SOS Mediterannee rescued over 1,100 migrants, adrift near the Libyan coast and other places.

Italian Coast Guard and charities rescue 1,100 migrants in the Mediterranean sea; 5 found dead

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Among the migrants was a mother of a three-year-old who clung to her as she drowned

64 feared dead after smuggling boat sinks in Mediterranean

19 rescue operations were carried out by the Italian coast guard or ships operated by NGOs, using 16 rubber dinghies and 3 wooden boats

More than 2,000 migrants rescued in dramatic day in Mediterranean

Since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 10,700 sea arrivals, the country's interior ministry said on Thursday

2,500 boat migrants rescued at sea in three days: Italian Coast Guard

In the course of two days, the coast guard rescued the migrants in 21 operations

Italian coast guard rescues around 2,000 migrants from Mediterranean

At least 14 migrants drown in the Mediterranean during a dramatic rescue mission that saved thousands

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