More Than 1200 Rescued off Libyan Coasts.
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Rome, 27 January 2106(Lana) Italian coast guard forces have
rescued 1271 migrants in dinghy and wooden boats off the Libyan
coast, as official said.
The rescue operations were carried out by the Italian navy and
the coast guard as well as a warship from Slovenia operating within
the a EU maritime operation in the Mediterranean, the coast guard
official said.
Italy spearheaded a special mission of search and rescue of
migrants boats, though the operation was halted and replaced by an
extended EU operation as Europe faced the worst migration crisis
since the World War II.
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