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Thousands of migrants are rescued at sea in the biggest operation so far

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Thousands of migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya in just 24 hours.

In one of the biggest operations to date Italian coast guards said some 40 co-ordinated rescue missions took place on Monday.

Vessels from Italy as well as the EU’s border agency Frontex and the NGOs Proactiva Open Arms and “Medecins Sans Frontieres”:http://www.msf.org/en/topics/mediterranean-migration were involved.

An estimated 6,500 people were picked up. Most were said to have come from Somalia and Eritrea.…
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