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Thousands of migrants rescued in Mediterranean, ferried to Italy
May 05, 2015
Wave after wave of migrants have been rescued from rubber dinghies and rickety fishing  boats in the Mediterranean over the last three days, with thousands ferried to Italy's southern shores.

Italian officials struggled Monday to find room in shelters in Sicily and the mainland for the nearly 6,800 refugees they said had been rescued at sea off the coast of Libya. The Italian navy said a woman, in labor when she was rescued Sunday, gave birth to a daughter on one of its patrol ships.
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