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Italian coast guards rescue 500 migrants off Libyan coats.

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Rome, 09.07.2015 - (Lana) - The Italian coast guards declared today Thursday , that 12 migrants died when their boat drowned off the Libyan coasts , while 500 were rescued. Spokesman for the Italian coast guard said , that the ship 'Datilo' of the Italian coast guards , found the victims' bodies in the sea , off about 40 miles north of Libya. The ship is still carrying another rescue operations for other migrants boats that facing troubles. The spokesman added , that 393 migrants were rescued in four rescue operations carried by the ship ' Datilo' today , while two frigates had rescued 106 migrants off the Italian island of Lampedusa , with no details of the rescued nationalities. Its noteworthy , that tens of thousands of immigrants escaping war and famine in Africa and the middle-east , have crossed the Mediterranean to Italy and Greece this year. =Lana=