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August 3, 2015

1,800 Migrants Rescued by Italian Coast Guard at Sea, 5 Dead Aboard 
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Meanwhile, 1,800 migrants were rescued by the Italian coast guard over
the weekend attempting to cross the Mediterranean in overcrowded boats.
Five were found dead aboard. In total, hundreds of thousands of migrants
have arrived in Europe this year from Africa, Syria, Afghanistan and
Iraq in what humanitarian groups are calling the worst migrant crisis
since World War II.

 

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