Migrants travel by landing craft before embarking on HMS Bulwark after being rescued from the Mediterranean between Italy and North Africa May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Crown Copyright/Jamie Weller/Handout via Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - More than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean in last 24 hours, the Italian coastguard said on Saturday.
In some of the most intense Mediterranean migrant traffic of the year, a total of 4,243 people have been saved from fishing boats and rubber dinghies in 22 operations involving ships from nations including Italy, Ireland, Germany, Belgium and Britain.
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