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Italy rescues 1,100 migrants at sea in one day
By EUOBSERVER
Italian coastguards rescued 1,100 people trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya in 11 different rescue operations on Sunday. Last Friday the International Organisation for Migration said that some 105,342 migrants had reached Italy by boat this year. It said that 2,726 died while trying to cross. In the same period 162,730 people arrived in Greece, and 386 died on their way.