Expand / Collapse search
Watch TV
Menu

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper.

World

Migrants, apparently refugees from Syria, rescued off Cyprus' north coast from stranded ship

Associated Press
Published | Updated
  • 3bdce4b6-
    Image 1 of 3

    Migrants settle into a sports hall, after being rescued, in the Turkish Cypriot breakaway northern coastal city of Kerynia or Girne, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. Over 200 migrants, apparently refugees from Syria, have been rescued after their damaged ship drifted for hours in rough seas off Cyprus' northern coast, an official said. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) (The Associated Press)

  • 40fda1c2-
    Image 2 of 3

    Migrants leave a vehicle after being rescued and transported to a sport hall, in the Turkish Cypriot breakaway northern coastal city of Kerynia or Girne, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. Over 200 migrants, apparently refugees from Syria, have been rescued after their damaged ship drifted for hours in rough seas off Cyprus' northern coast, an official said. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) (The Associated Press)

  • a49cb974-
    Image 3 of 3

    A migrant hold his bag after after being rescued, in the Turkish Cypriot breakaway northern coastal city of Kerynia or Girne, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. Over 200 migrants, apparently refugees from Syria, have been rescued after their damaged ship drifted for hours in rough seas off Cyprus' northern coast, an official said. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) (The Associated Press)

NICOSIA, Cyprus – An official says 228 migrants, apparently refugees from Syria, have been rescued after their damaged ship drifted for hours in rough seas off Cyprus' northern coast.

Hasan Tacoy, transport minister of the Turkish Cypriot breakaway state in Cyprus' north, told The Associated Press on Sunday that the migrants, including 25 children, have received medical check-ups and are now housed in a sports hall in the coastal town of Girne.

Tacoy said authorities received a distress call from the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship Haj Zaher late Saturday, about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) off the coast.

But strong winds and rough seas prevented coast guard vessels from approaching the ship. Another vessel then managed to tow the cargo ship into Girne port after it drifted close to shore.