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Video: Thousands of migrants rescued over the weekend arrive in Sicily

Reuters

June 02, 2014

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The last boatload of 1,325 migrants arrives in Sicily, after a weekend in which authorities worked non-stop to rescue more than 3,500 migrants pouring into Italian waters amid calm summer seas.

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