Italian coastguard in rescue operation

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The Italian coastguard introduced a massive rescue action today for more than 1,000 immigrants in trouble between the Italian island of Lampedusa and the Libyan coast. Almost 150 immigrants aboard two boats from Libya have before been helped to safety, emergency authorities told AGI news agency. A coastguard source told as many as 1,300 migrants in 10 boats could be in require of rescuing.

Many cargo ships in the region were helping the coastguard with the rescue. Previous year, more than 3,200 people killed while trying to approach Italy by boat from North Africa, on what the United Nations has explained as the most risky route in the world

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