US and Moroccan Navy rescue 103 migrants off African coast

The US and Moroccan navies rescued 103 migrants from two rafts taking on water some 40 miles west of the Moroccan coast late Tuesday night, the US Navy said Friday.

The Las Palmas Rescue Coordination Center, based in the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco, received reports of the two migrant rafts and notified Navy ships nearby.
Three US Coast Guard ships and a Royal Moroccan Navy frigate rushed to the reported location of the rafts, rescuing 103 migrants in all, said the Navy's Sixth Fleet, which operates around Europe and Africa. Photos of the rescue provided by the Navy show inflatable white rafts, with many migrants straddling the side of the raft because they're so overcrowded.