Thousand migrants rescued off Italy

Italy's navy rescues 1,123 people from inflatable boats south-east of Lampedusa in one day, while seven migrants die trying to reach Spain.

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TheCitizen

24 Aug

3,000 migrants rescued off Italy coast in single day, tensions rise

Coastguard said its patrol boats had boarded just under 1,000 people from various unseaworthy boats

 

10 years ago

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Thousands of migrants rescued at sea

Nearly 3,700 migrants rescued in several operations in the Mediterranean Sea, Italian coastguard says.

 

10 years ago

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Hundreds of migrants rescued in Med

EU naval vessels rescue more than 700 migrants off Sicily, as Africans continue to attempt the perilous crossing from Libya.

 

10 years ago

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12 Aug

Migrants rescued from sinking dinghy

Italy's navy rescues 52 migrants from a sinking rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea, but a further 50 people are missing.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: How Sicily 'processes' rescued migrants

Many rescued migrants who arrive in Sicily from Libya are suffering from the effects of sexual and physical abuse, and many are carrying scabies, as Clive Myrie reports.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Rescued migrants arrive on Lampedusa

The Italian coastguard has rescued more than 2,000 migrants in a major operation off the Libyan coast, according to officials.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Rescued migrants brought to shore

The Italian coast guard reports a sharp increase in the number of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean, with around 400 feared drowned after their boat capsized off Libya.

 

10 years ago

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06 Aug

Rescued Med migrants arrive in Sicily

Hundreds of migrants rescued from a vessel carrying around 600 of them that sank off Libya on Wednesday arrive on the Italian island of Sicily.

 

11 years ago

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Italy rescues hundreds of migrants

Italian authorities say they have rescued more than 2,000 illegal migrants, many from North Africa, off Sicily's coast in the past 48 hours.

 

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