An Italian Navy helicopter yesterday evening ferried a pregnant migrant to Malta for urgent medical attention, the AFM said.

The migrants was flown to Luqa in a C/S I-1588 helicopter and taken to Mater Dei Hospital in an ambulance.

The evacuation took place as the Italian Navy rescued hundreds of migrants off the Libyan coast. 

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