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Added on the 05/07/2016 16:40:39 - Copyright : Eyewitness Video Online
Spanish humanitarian ship Open Arms arrives off the island of Lampedusa with 147 migrants on board, after a judge in Rome suspended far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's decree banning them from Italy's territorial waters. IMAGES
Supported by the Moonbird plane, the German NGO Sea-Watch says it rescued 363 migrants trapped in the Mediterranean Sea between the 26th and the 28th of February. IMAGES of rescue operations
Applause, explosion of joy, songs and hugs break out on the deck of the Ocean Viking ship as six EU countries agreed to take in the 356 migrants stranded on the rescue ship in the Mediterranean after 14 days at sea. IMAGES
Dozens of migrants are rescued off the coast of Libya by the Italian Coast Guard. IMAGES
Nine people drown and 10 are missing after a dramatic 24-hours in which the crew of the Norwegian Siem Pilot and MSF's Dignity rescue hundreds of panicked migrants in the dark, with only limited resources. IMAGES
Vigili del Fuoco rescue boats with divers are returning to shore after carrying out fresh searches for six people, including UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, missing since their yacht capsized off the Italian island of Sicily. The 56-metre British-flagged sailing yacht "Bayesian" was anchored some 700 metres from port with 10 crew and 12 passengers on board when it was struck by a waterspout, a sort of mini tornado, before dawn on Monday. IMAGES