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SICILY MIGRANTS
POZZALLO, ITALY
20 JUNE 2018

There are an estimated 50,000 migrants on the shores of Libya waiting to board ships heading for Italy, according to non-government organizations operational locally.

Diciotti, the Italian Coast Guard ship, is heading to the Sicilian port of Pozzallo with 519 asylum seekers on board. The persons aboard were saved in seven different operations at sea.

The Diciotti, which is expected to dock late on Tuesday, is also carrying a dead body.

Another migrant-boat wreck, meanwhile, has taken place off the coast of Libya. While the the Libyan coast guard has managed to save 115 people, Fiver persons have drowned.

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