Rescuers pull 1.725 migrants to safety from Mediterranean

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ROME -- Rescuers pulled 1.725 migrants to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Thursday, Italys coast guard said, as seaborne arrivals to Europes southern shores keep climbing. Sixteen separate missions were involved in rescuing the migrants, including Italys coast guard and navy, the European Unions anti people-smuggling mission, two humanitarian organisations and two merchant ships, the coast guard said. It did not say where the migrants, who were travelling in 14 rubber and two wooden boats, originally came from. Most arriving in Italy tend to be from sub-Saharan Africa. Continued lawlessness in Libya and calmer seas…