The Acquarius rescue ship run
by medical-aid association Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
recovered 22 bodies after saving 209 asylum seekers in the
southern Mediterranean near the Libyan coast, ANSA sources said
Thursday. The ship rescued two boats that had run into
difficulty and is expected to arrive in the Sicilian port of
Trapani on Friday. The sources said that 21 of the victims were
women.
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