Italy: Hundreds Of Rescued igrants And rRefugees Arrive In Cagliari

781 migrants and refugees rescued off the coast of Libya over the weekend have arrived in Cagliari in Sardinia the Italian Coast Guard said.The people were rescued in six different operations coordinated by the Italian navy.Eight people died while trying to cross the Mediterranean on Saturday and Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Libyan Red Crescent have retrieved the body of a person that washed up along the Garabulli shoreline, some 64 kilometres east of Tripoli.

The Red Crescent says the victim drowned within the past 24 hours and there are fears more will be found.The International Organisation for Migration says that more than 2,600 migrants have died in 2015 in their attempt to cross the Mediterranean.

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