Over 6-and-a-half-thousand refugees have been rescued off the Libyan coast, in one of the biggest operations of its kind.
Meanwhile the L.E. James Joyce - the Irish navy vessel on a humanitarian mission in the Med, has rescued 165 migrants.
Most of those rescued are from Eritrea and Somalia and have been brought to safety in Italy.
CEO of Oxfam Ireland, Jim Clarken says Ireland needs to do its part in allowing those fleeing war and persecution a place to live:
