Dozens of migrants rescued off Italy

Italian coast guards on Saturday said they had rescued 143 migrants off the island of Lampedsa although around 20 others were apparently missing according to the survivors. “The crews of four patrols rescued 143 people who had fallen into the sea” from a ten-metre boat, the coast guard said in a statement. Survivors said that around 20 of those who had been on the boat were missing. The nationality of the migrants are not released.

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