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Tunisia Rescues 350 Migrants Heading by Boat to Italy From Libya

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Local Red Cross said., Tunisia's navy rescued more than 350 illegal migrants off its coast and was searching for hundreds more on Wednesday after they tried to sail from neighboring Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Tunisian authorities have rescued dozens of people traveling in unsafe boats in recent months. The conflict in Libya between two rival governments and their armed forces has fomented a breakdown of order that smugglers have been quick to exploit to try to send thousands of illegal migrants across the Mediterranean to mainland Europe.

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