Pakistanis among 190 migrants saved by rescue ship disembark in Bari.

LIBYA -- Around 200 migrants including people from Pakistan were rescued from a wooden boat approximately 20 hours after they departed from Zawiya in Libya.

Some 190 migrants were rescued by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) off the coast of Libya early on Friday (March 24).

The migrants also included people from Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Syria and Palestine who were rescued from a wooden boat approximately 20 hours after they departed from Zawiya in Libya.

They arrived at the southern Italian port of Bari on Sunday evening (March 26) aboard the MSF vessel Geo Barents.

Many sang songs and listened to music during navigation, as they waited to reach a safe port in Italy.

A migrant from Pakistan, Toseef, who used to sing at weddings, sang a love song and dedicated it to his wife who was still in Pakistan.

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