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Italian coast guard rescues 22 shipwrecked people, recovers 9 bodies

Italian coast guard rescues 22 shipwrecked people, recovers 9 bodies

  • Survivors indicated that the steel bottom boat had departed from Sfax, Tunisia overnight Sunday carrying 46 people from Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali and Ivory Coast
  • “The group became very agitated when the engine broke down and they were left adrift,’’ the UN refugee agency said
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Special Another 50 migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past two days

Another 50 migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past two days

By Francesco Bongarrà ·

Special Italian Coast Guard rescues 125 migrants in the Med

Italian Coast Guard rescues 125 migrants in the Med

By Francesco Bongarrà ·

600 migrants reach Italian island from Tunisia in 2 days

600 migrants reach Italian island from Tunisia in 2 days

By Francesco Bongarrà ·