73 migrants rescued at sea by Doctors Without Borders

Dozens of people were rescued off the coast in Libya after several dinghies got into trouble on Friday and Saturday.

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00:0073 migrants were rescued at sea by non-profit organization Doctors Without Borders. The

00:08NGO performed two rescue operations off the Libyan coast. On Friday night, the organization

00:14helped 47 people after their boat got into trouble. And on Saturday morning, another

00:1926 people were rescued from another boat, all safely boarded onto a rescue ship that

00:24is now heading to its assigned port of Ravenna in Italy. The NGO says that two people refused

00:30help on Friday but were assisted later by two unmarked boats that identified themselves

00:35as the Libyan Coast Guard. And also on Saturday, the Libyan Coast Guard was spotted taking

00:4080 migrants from an overcrowded dinghy.