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    More than 2,000 migrants rescued from Mediterranean Sea

    More than 2,000 migrants rescued from Mediterranean Sea

    Almost 20 separate rescue operations have seen more than 2,000 migrants pulled out of the Mediterannean as they attempted to reach Europe

    15 APR 2017 - 2:20 PM UPDATED 1 HOUR AGO

    More than 2,000 migrants trying to reach Europe have been plucked from the Mediterranean in a series of dramatic rescues and one person was found dead, officials and witnesses said.

    An Italian coast guard spokesman said 19 rescue operations on Friday by the coast guard or ships operated by non-governmental organisations had saved a total of 2,074 migrants on 16 rubber dinghies and three small wooden boats.


    The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said in a tweet that one teenager was found dead in a rubber boat whose passengers were rescued by its ship Aquarius.

    "The sea continues to be a graveyard," MSF said in a tweet.

    The coast guard spokesman confirmed that one person had died but gave no details.

    MSF said two of their ships, Aquarius and Prudence, had rescued about 1,000 people in nine boats
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    Desperate refugees struggled to stay afloat after they slid off their rubber boat during a rescue operation by the Phoenix, a ship of the rescue group Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS).

    Video footage showed rescuers jumping into the water off the coast of Libya to help them.






    More than 2,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea.



    "In 19 years of covering the migration story, I have never experienced anything like today," said Reuters photographer Darrin Zammit Lupi, who was aboard the Phoenix.


    In one operation, the Phoenix rescued 134 people, all from sub-Saharan counties, he said.

    Those rescued by the MOAS and MSF ships were transferred to Italian coast guard ships, which had rescued other migrants, to be taken to Italian ports.

    According to the International Organisation for Migration, nearly 32,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea so far this year. More than 650 have died or are missing.

    More than 2000 migrants rescued from Mediterranean Sea
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    It's just terrible what's going on.
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    Put barges in the water, apprehend them, process them and send them BACK.

    Stop the Human Trafficking and invasion of our countries.

    They need to put this policy in place and they will stop coming.
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    Why are these people leaving their homes?

    I confess to ignorance on the subject, but if they are being encouraged to leave by promises of better things, there is a lot of blood on those 'encourager's' hand. That is certainly true of the people who support the illegal immigration on our borders. A lot of people are killed, raped, and just plan die on the trip. It seems that doesn't matter to those who press their agenda no matter what.

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