Thousands of migrants rescued off Libya
Source: BBC
About 6,500 migrants have been rescued off Libya, the Italian coastguard says, in one of the biggest operations of its kind to date.
Some 40 co-ordinated rescue missions took place about 20km (12 miles) off the Libyan town of Sabratha, it added.
Video footage shows migrants, said to be from Eritrea and Somalia, cheering and some swimming to rescue vessels, while others carried babies aboard.
On Sunday more than 1,100 migrants were rescued in the same area.
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... else all the Italians are doing is subsidising the people smugglers and
encouraging the migrants to risk their lives in shitty boats ...
"Hey, the boat only has to last for a dozen miles and then the Italians will
pick you up! Trust me!"
