Italy's Daring Rescue Search for Migrants (PHOTOS)
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As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on Europe to face anti-immigrant bias and find money for support as turmoil in Libya and the Middle East worsens the crisis. In this photo, Italian Coast Guard personnel in protective clothing carry the body of a dead immigrant off their ship Bruno Gregoretti in Senglea, in Valletta's Grand Harbour.
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Surviving immigrants lie on the deck of the Bruno Gregorett. The Italian patrol ship arrived in Malta on Monday with 24 corpses recovered out of hundreds feared drowned in one of the worst disasters yet in a growing humanitarian crisis. The death toll from Sunday's shipwreck off the coast of Libya was uncertain after officials said some on the ship were reportedly locked in the hold.
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Rescuers gather bodies after a fishing boat—one carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast—is brought ashore along with 23 others retrieved by the Italian Coast Guard vessel Bruno Gregoretti at Boiler Wharf, Senglea in Malta.
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Rescue vessels are seen during the search and rescue operation underway after the boat carrying migrants capsized overnight.
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Italian Coast Guard officers disembark the body of a dead migrant off the Bruno Gregoretti.
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Rescued migrants watch as a body is brought ashore along with the 23 others retrieved by the Italian Coast Guard.
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