(ANSA) - LAMPEDUSA, FEBRUARY 03 - There are also 8 people dead on the migrant boat which was rescued, in Sarmaltese waters, by a Coast Guard patrol boat which is about to arrive at the Lampedusa pier.
The military rescued the boat, which was carrying dozens of North Africans and also the bodies.
A few hours ago, two other boats with a total of 75 people on board were rescued by the patrol boats of the Captaincy and the Guardia di Finanza.
On the first boat, with 37 people originally from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea and Senegal, also 14 women, one of whom is pregnant, and a minor.
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