00:00The bodies of 19 migrants were recovered from a boat off the coast of Lampedusa on Wednesday by the Italian
00:07Coast Guard, the island's Meyer confirmed.
00:10Meyer Filippo Manino said seven other migrants, including two children, were being treated for hypothermia and intoxication from hydrocarbon fumes.
00:20The rescue operations occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, 135 kilometers off the Italian island, inside Libya's search and
00:29rescue zone.
00:30Lampedusa is a key landing point for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa, with many dying trying the
00:37dangerous journey.
00:39So far this year, 624 migrants have died or gone missing in the central Mediterranean, according to the UN's International
00:47Organization for Migration.
00:50Lampedusa.
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