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Added on the 19/08/2016 18:17:45 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Seventeen 'highly dehydrated and exhausted' men from Libya have been rescued by the Aquarius ship off the Libyan coast, after the rescue boat received a distress call.
Dozens of migrants bound for Italy are rescued off the Libyan coast by a Spanish volunteer rescue ship, including one boat that is in the middle of sinking. Ashraf Fahim reports.
The Italian coast guard says 12 bodies were recovered from the Mediterranean and 823 migrants rescued in several operations off the Libyan coast. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).