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5,000 migrants rescued in 48 hours off Libya

By AFP
20 May 2017 | 2:30 pm | 0m 41s

Some 2,300 migrants headed for Italy in 22 barely seaworthy vessels were rescued off the Libyan coast on Thursday, the Italian coastguard says.

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