Italian coastguard rescues Lampedusa migrant boat

Name: Italian coastguard rescues Lampedusa migrant boat
Uploaded: 2012-03-18T03:37:42.000Z
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Description: More than 50 immigrants have been rescued from a stranded boat off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.

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More than 50 immigrants have been rescued from a stranded boat off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.

The Italian coastguard says the boat came from Libya and that five people died during the journey.

Tim Neilson reports.

Europe

18 March 2012