Italy rescues 6,500 migrants from Mediterranean

ROME (Reuters) - Some 6,500 migrants were saved off the Libyan coast in 40 separate rescue missions on Monday, the Italian coast guard said on Twitter, in one of the largest influxes of refugees in a single day so far this year.

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