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Refugee crisis: Hundreds of migrants rescued from cramped wooden boat off the coast of Libya

Humanitarian group Proactiva Open Arms rescued about 500 mostly Eritrean migrants on 29 August. Over the day around 6,500 migrants and refugees were rescued by humanitarian organisations the EUs border agency Frontex were part of 40 rescue operations about 20km (12 miles) off the Libyan town of Sabratha. On Sunday (28 August) other boats were intercepted by the same humanitarian organisation full of migrants mainly from Somalia. About 1,100 migrants were rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily on Sunday, Italys coastguard said. Aug 30, 2016
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