(ANSA) - ROME, NOVEMBER 19 - Four dead, two missing and seven saved.
This is the balance sheet of a rescue operation in Algerian areasar, according to reports from the Italian Coast Guard.
The event took place in the late morning of today, when the Algerian authorities identified a small boat in difficulty due to adverse weather conditions and sent a merchant vessel to assist the vessel in difficulty.
The migrants, as soon as they saw the merchant ship, threw themselves into the water.
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