Libyan Navy has rescued 200 illegal immigrants off western Libyan shores. Xinhua news agency today quoted Mahmoud Shabrak, documentation officer of the Libyan Navy, as saying a patrol of the Libyan Navy rescued 200 illegal immigrants on a rubber boat that crashed into the Libyan territorial waters. <br/><br/>Shabrak said the rescued migrants include women who are of African nationalities. <br/><br/>The immigrants, who have been rescued by the Libyan Navy, are detained in receptions centres, he added.<br/><br/>Libya is a preferred point of departure for illegal immigrants, who want to cross the Mediterranean towards European shores, due to the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011.'<br/><br/>