A woman believed to be a Nigerian who was rescued from a sinking dinghy by the Italian coast guard, in the Mediterranean has given birth to a baby.
The woman had been attempting to cross the sea on a rickety dinghy with around 100 other migrants and refugees when it began to deflate.
After being rescued by the Italian coast guard, the woman went into labour as the boat was on its way to the island of Lampedusa.
After giving birth, the woman was helped off the boat. A coast guard carried her baby in a blue blanket.
Both mother and baby were in hospital doing well The Mirror reported last night.
The woman is one of 300,000 refugees and migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year, up from 219,000 in the whole of 2014.
2,760 people have died this year in their attempt to make it across the sea from the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
The United Nations (UN) Tuesday urged Europe to guarantee relocation for Syrian refugees, as record numbers flee to Macedonia and Greece.
A record 7,000 Syrian refugees arrived in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia on Monday, while some 30,000 are on Greek islands, including 20,000 on Lesbos, the UN said.
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