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Italian coast guards rescue 700 migrants as EU leaders debate action
Source: CNN
Italian coast guards rescue 700 migrants as EU leaders debate action
By Laura Smith-Spark and Hada Messia, CNN
October 25, 2013 -- Updated 1231 GMT (2031 HKT)
Rome (CNN) -- Italian coast guards rescued nearly 700 people in five separate operations overnight around the island of Lampedusa, they said Friday.
News of the rescue operations came as European Union leaders were meeting in Brussels, Belgium, for a summit at which the issue of migration is high on the agenda.
The deaths of more than 300 African migrants in a deadly shipwreck off Lampedusa on October 3 shocked Italy and the world, and led to calls for EU lawmakers to review their policies on migration.
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The Italian coast guards said Friday they led the rescue of four boats with 219, 201, 95, and 91 people on board, and helped with a Maltese rescue of another vessel carrying 91 people -- a total of 697 people.
By Laura Smith-Spark and Hada Messia, CNN
October 25, 2013 -- Updated 1231 GMT (2031 HKT)
Rome (CNN) -- Italian coast guards rescued nearly 700 people in five separate operations overnight around the island of Lampedusa, they said Friday.
News of the rescue operations came as European Union leaders were meeting in Brussels, Belgium, for a summit at which the issue of migration is high on the agenda.
The deaths of more than 300 African migrants in a deadly shipwreck off Lampedusa on October 3 shocked Italy and the world, and led to calls for EU lawmakers to review their policies on migration.
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The Italian coast guards said Friday they led the rescue of four boats with 219, 201, 95, and 91 people on board, and helped with a Maltese rescue of another vessel carrying 91 people -- a total of 697 people.
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/25/world/europe/europe-migration-lampedusa/
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