The bodies were in a rubber dinghy and one other person from the dinghy had drowned, according to aid group SOS Mediterranee, whose Aquarius vessel helped in the rescues off Libya’s coast.
An Italian coastguard ship, a naval vessel and a Danish chemical tanker also took part in the rescues.
Mediterranean rescuers save 550 migrants at sea
15 November 2016
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About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean Monday in five operations during which rescuers also recovered five dead bodies, Italy’s coastguard said.
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