PARIS (Reuters) - A French patrol ship rescued 217 migrants from three small boats that had run into trouble off the coast of Libya on Saturday, the maritime police said in a statement.
The Commandant Birot helped several dozen people in distress and intercepted two suspected people smugglers, according to the statement.
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