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                Italy, NATO Search for Migrants in Mediterranean

   by VOA News

   Italian and NATO rescue crews have saved dozens of migrants after their
   boat ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of an
   Italian island.
   Italian officials say 54 people had been rescued by early Friday near
   the island of Lampedusa.
   Authorities say some of the migrants were pulled from the sea, while
   others managed to swim to a small islet.
   Survivors say about 100 people, apparently Tunisian, were aboard the
   ship.
   Each year thousands of illegal migrants, mostly from Africa, cross the
   Mediterranean Sea in overcrowded and makeshift boats to land in
   Lampedusa, seeking to enter Europe.
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