The hundreds of refugees rescued off the Libyan coast

Emil Lendof

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Feb 27, 2017

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African refugees and migrants, mostly from Sudan and Senegal, wait aboard a rubber boat out of control 25 miles north of Sabratha, off the Libyan coast. AP

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Rescuers found 332 people in three separate rubber boats traveling north of the Libyan coast. AP

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A woman from Ivory Coat holds her child as they wait aboard a rubber boat out of control. AP

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A Nigerian woman prays as she cries aboard a Spanish rescue boat, after she was saved from a migrant boat. AP

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A member of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms crew helps an injured migrant aboard the Golfo Azurro rescue ship. AP

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A man from Darfur, Sudan, celebrates being rescued from a migrant boat. AP

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A pregnant woman from Nigeria rests aboard the rescue boat. AP

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African refugees and migrants look at the sea aboard the Golfo Azurro, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue ship, after being rescued off the Libyan coast, as the vessel… AP

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African refugees and migrants, mostly from Sudan and Senegal, rest aboard a rescue ship. AP

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African refugees and migrants, mostly from Sudan and Senegal, rest aboard a rescue ship. AP

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African refugees and migrants, mostly from Sudan and Senegal,after they’re rescued from a migrant boat. AP

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Refugees and migrants rest aboard Golfo Azurro, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue ship, after being rescued from a boat out of control at 25 miles north of Sabratha,… AP

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A woman from Ivory Coast suckles her baby after they were rescued from a migrant boat. AP

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Refugees and migrants rest aboard the Golfo Azurro, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue ship after being rescued off the Libyan coast, early in the morning on Thursday Feb…. AP

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Refugees and migrants on a rescue ship after they were pulled from a migrant boat north of Libya. AP

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Refugees and migrants rest aboard the Golfo Azurro, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue ship after being rescued off the Libyan coast, early in the morning on Thursday Feb…. AP

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African refugees and migrants celebrate their arrival in Italy aboard the Golfo Azurro. AP

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African refugees and migrants aboard a rescue ship wait to disembark at the Italian port of Reggio Calabria. AP

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A woman from Ivory Coast feeds her baby aboard the Golfo Azurro as she waits with other refugees and migrants to disembark at the Italian port of Reggio Calabria. AP

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African refugees and migrants disembark from Golfo Azurro at the Italian port of Reggio Calabria after being rescued off the Libyan coast. AP

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African refugees and migrants disembark from Golfo Azurro, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue ship, at the Italian port of Reggio Calabria on Saturday Feb. 25, 2017. Rescuers found… AP

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