Order of Malta helps Italy in migrant rescue operation
(AGI) Rome, July 3 - The Order of Malta has been helpingItalian authorities save the lives of migrants in the Strait ofSicily since 2008. The Order's Italian Relief Corps (CISOM) hasassisted 5,000 men, women and children. CISCOM nationaldirector, Mauro Casinghini, gave the figures at a pressconference in the beautiful headquarters at Villa Magistrale inRome on Thursday. For six years, the Italian Corps of theOrder of Malta has been based in Lampedusa and has operateddirectly on the patrol boats of the Finance Police and theCoast Guard involved in the SAR project funded