(MENAFN- QNA) Royal Navy warship HMS Bulwark is heading towards four boats carrying migrants off the coast of Libya, the BBC quoted UK Ministry of Defence as saying.
A Merlin helicopter, flying from the ship, spotted a group of boats carrying about 500 people on Sunday morning.
The UK government sent the warship to aid search efforts in the Mediterranean amid a rise in the number of people dying while trying to reach Europe.
Last week, Bulwark rescued 747 people from boats off Libya's coast.
The 19,000-tonne assault ship was already heading towards Libya after reports 14 vessels carrying migrants had left the country's coast.
There are about another 12 other European vessels also on rescue patrol in the Mediterranean.
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