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4,400 migrants rescued in 1 day off Libya coast

The Italian coast guard said around 4,400 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the span of just 24 hours in a massive international rescue operation involving several ships, CNN reported on Sunday, August 23rd.
The migrants were pulled from 22 vessels, including rubber dinghies, off the North African country’s coast on Saturday.
Several Italian coast guard and navy ships were among those involved in the Mediterranean rescue operation, the Italian coast guard said, as well as vessels from the EU border agency, Frontex.
Humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres, also known as Doctors Without Borders, said its own vessel, the Argos, had rescued 95 people from a very unstable rubber dinghy and taken on board another 206 rescued by the Italian navy. The ship is now carrying the migrants to Italy, it said.
Lindis Hurum, emergency coordinator on the Argos, said via Twitter that those rescued included many young people.
“I have never seen so many young people onboard the ship, and especially not so many children travelling alone,” she tweeted.

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