Migrants rescued off Italy's coast

More than 1,400 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded vessels, including a sailboat, in four separate operations in the Mediterranean Sea off southern Italy, the Italian coast guard said Wednesday.

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More than 1,400 migrants are rescued from overcrowded boats off southern Italy by coast guard

Italy's coast guard says it has rescued more than 1,400 migrants from overcrowded fishing boats and other vessels including a sailboat that were trying to reach the country's southern coast. A coast guard statement released Wednesday said that the separate rescue operations in the Ionian Sea off the east coast of the Calabria region began late Monday and ended in the early hours of Wednesday.

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Italian coast guard rescue 1,500 migrants in two days

The Italian coast guard said Wednesday it had rescued nearly 1,500 migrants and refugees from boats in distress in the Ionian sea on Monday and Tuesday as improved weather conditions drove a new wave of departures to Italy.

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Over 700 migrants rescued off Italy’s coast

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More than 1,000 migrants rescued off Italy

More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore in southern Italy on Saturday after coast guard crews launched major rescue operations for three boats struggling in rough seas off Calabria.

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Italy migrants: Hundreds in trouble off Calabria coast

A large operation is under way off Italy's coast to rescue 1,300 migrants in overcrowded boats. The country's navy and coastguard say they are racing to help three vessels near the southern ...

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Italy's Coast Guard, Navy, Bring Hundreds of Migrants Ashore

ROME (AP) — Italian coast guard and navy vessels on Saturday ferried hundreds of rescued migrants toward shore ... in the face of a crackdown by Italy's right-wing governmenton people ...

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