Thousand migrants rescued on Mediterranean

rome - Over a thousand migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean for the past two days. At least eleven people did not survive the crossing.

The Italian Coast Guard led the rescue of around nine hundred people on Saturday and Sunday, a spokesman said Monday. The Libyan Coast Guard reported that it had intercepted another 263 people. These migrants have been returned to Libya, where chaos has prevailed since the uprising that led to the fall and death of dictator Muammar al-Kaddafi in 2011.

A spokesperson for the Libyan Coast Guard reported Sunday of the death of the eleven migrants. They would have died in an attempt to cross by boat to Italy. Libya is an important starting point for refugees trying to reach Europe.

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