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More than 10,000 refugees have been rescued off Libya and Italy in series of operations in the past 48 hours. At least 142,000 migrants have reached Italy since the start of the year and about 3,100 have died making the trip. The vast majority come from African countries including Nigeria, Eritrea, Guinea, Gambia, Sudan, Ivory Coast and Somalia

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    An overloaded inflatable drifts as passengers wait for rescuers
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    An overloaded inflatable drifts waiting for rescuers

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    A woman faints while refugees and migrants wait to be rescued by members of the Proactiva Open Arms NGO
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    A woman faints while refugees and migrants wait to be rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO

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    Thousands of people travelling in vessels such as this one have been rescued
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    Over 13 vessels such as this one have been rescued

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    A man is helped into one of the Proactiva Open Arms rescue inflatables
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    A man helps another into one of the Proactiva Open Arms rescue inflatables
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    People waiting to be rescued
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    People waiting to be rescued

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    People struggle to get pulled up into a boat
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    People struggle get pulled up into a boat

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    A child is pulled out of the water as people wait to be rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms
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    A child is pulled out of the water as people wait to be rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO

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    Refugees and migrants wait to be rescued
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    Refugees and migrants wait to be rescued
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    A mother holds her child after being rescued
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    A mother holds her child after being rescued

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    Migrants wave towards the rescuers
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    Migrants wave towards the rescuers

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    Migrants crammed into a boat waiting to be rescued
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    Migrants crammed into a boat waiting to be rescued

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    A migrant is rescued from the Mediterranean sea
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    A migrant is rescued from the mediteranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO

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    A child is rescued from a distressed vessel
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    A child is rescued from a distressed vessel

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    This woman has fainted after being rescued
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    A woman has fainted after being rescued

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    Members of Proactiva Open Arms remove a man who died in a stretcher. Many of the vessels were filled with bodies of those who had died on the journey
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    Members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO evacuate a man who died in a stretcher. Many of the vessels were filled with bodies of those who had died on the journey

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    Migrants including a young child wait to be rescued
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    Migrants wait to be rescued with a baby in their arms

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    Migrants wave as they wait to be rescued adrift in a boat
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    Migrants wait to be rescued as they drift in a boat

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    Migrants wait to be rescued as they drift in a boat
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    Migrants wait to be rescued as they drift in a boat

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    Another vessel awaits rescue as they drift with smoke from a flare in the background
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    Another vessel awaits rescue as they drift at sunset

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    A full boat waits to be rescued adrift at sunset
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    A full boat waits to be rescued adrift at sunset yesterday

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