1,300 migrants rescued in Mediterranean, 16 found dead

‘More than 1,300 refugees have been rescued and 16 bodies recovered from the Mediterranean Sea over the past three days, the Italian coastguard says.
Italy’s coastal service said 285 of the refugees were rescued on Saturday, 791 on Sunday and 231 on Monday, making up 1,307 the total number of refugees saved from the sea.
Reports said all the refugees were packed on board nine different vessels, small wooden boats and inflatable dinghies. Coastguard officials said efforts to resuscitate two women found on a dinghy had failed.’
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