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| Migrant crisis: 'Scores of bodies' found on Libya boat | Migrant crisis: 'Scores of bodies' found on Libya boat |
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| About 50 people have been found dead in the hold of a boat carrying migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says. | About 50 people have been found dead in the hold of a boat carrying migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says. |
| About 430 people had been rescued alive from the boat, a spokeswoman told Reuters news agency. | About 430 people had been rescued alive from the boat, a spokeswoman told Reuters news agency. |
| The rescue operation was carried out by a Swedish vessel, Poseidon, working with the EU's Frontex border agency. | The rescue operation was carried out by a Swedish vessel, Poseidon, working with the EU's Frontex border agency. |
| Thousands of migrants have died and many thousands more have been rescued after setting sail from Libya recently. | Thousands of migrants have died and many thousands more have been rescued after setting sail from Libya recently. |
| Wednesday's rescue operation was one of 10 such missions currently taking place in the waters off Libya, the Italian coastguard spokeswoman said. | |
| Smugglers based in Libya are believed to be taking advantage of calmer seas to send more boatloads of migrants towards European shores. | |
| European officials have described the plight of migrants, almost 250,000 of whom have crossed by boat to the continent this year, as "beyond urgent". | |
| So far this year, more than 2,000 migrants have died trying to cross the sea to Europe, the UN says. |