Almost 700 migrants rescued off the Italian coast, 5 found dead

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Almost 700 migrants, including five dead bodies, were rescued on Saturday off the southern coast of Italy, a coastguard statement said on Sunday, as flows of migrants crossing the Mediterranean increase during favourable sea conditions.

FILE PHOTO: Last group of rescued migrants disembark from migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 in SicilyROME -

Search and rescue operations were carried out by a merchant vessel and Italy's coastguard and finance police. More than 34,000 asylum seekers and migrants have landed in Italy since the start of the year, up from some 25,500 in the same period last year, data from Italy's interior ministry shows. On Sunday morning, Norwegian-flagged ship Ocean Viking spotted an overcrowded rubber boat in the international waters off the coast of Libya and rescued 87 people, including 57 unaccompanied minors, it said on Twitter.

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