3,000 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Italy in just 3 days
 

3,000 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Italy in just 3 days
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Italian officials say good weather is the main factor behind a spike in migrant crossings from Libya, with ships picking up 3,100 migrants over the past three days.

Some 712 migrants were picked up Thursday on top of 2,400 the two previous days, all grouped in small, flimsy rubber dinghies in international waters near Libya. Three bodies were found during Wednesday's rescues by mostly Italian ships.




"In these days there has been a window of weather that has been good for transiting this section of sea," Coast Guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini said.

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