Rescuers Bring 354 Boat Migrants to Sicily

Rescuers brought more than 350 migrants to shore in Sicily on Wednesday, along withthe bodies of five women and two men who had died on the perilous journey. More than half had been taken from three boats in distress off Libya's coast on Monday, staff from the Malta-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) said. They were taken onto the rescue vessel Responder, along with 171 people transferred from other ships in the area, said the MOAS officials who worked with the Red...

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