Migrants are disembarked from the Italian Coast Guard vessel Dattilo in the Sicilian harbour of Palermo, Italy July 11, 2015. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
ROME (Reuters) - Around 2,700 migrants were rescued from 13 boats near the coast of Libya on Wednesday, Italy's coastguard said.
A German navy vessel and a search and rescue ship deployed by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres participated in the rescues along with the Italian navy and coastguard.
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