migrants

The migrants, mostly from Eritrea, were sailing on a rubber boat about 40 nautical miles off Tripoli.

The Godetia sailors helped transfer on board 105 migrants, many of them women and children.

The migrants were given medical checks. Many suffered from dehydration after hours at sea.

It was the second rescue operation the Belgian ship carried out that day.

Traffic had resumed in the tunnel beneath the English Channel, but lines were still long for trucks travelling between France and Britain following a day of disruption by striking port workers.

But people making the arduous trek to escape war and persecution say a wall won't stop them from seeking new lives in western Europe.

Tens of thousands of migrants have arrived in the country, mostly from the Middle East and Africa.

Most of the migrants reaching Hungary from Serbia come north on the so-called Balkan route, often after having passed through Turkey, Greece or Bulgaria.