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Italian Coast Guard rescues 211 migrants off the island of Lampedusa

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Italian Coast Guard rescues 211 migrants off the island of Lampedusa

Italian Coast Guard rescues 211 migrants off the island of Lampedusa

Images provided by the Italian Coast Guard show the rescue of 211 migrants from an overloaded boat sailing in rough waters and bad weather around 15 miles off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa.

The operation comes less than a week on from a deadly shipwreck off the Italian coast in which 67 migrants died.


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