00:00the italian coast guard found nineteen people dead and rescued fifty-eight others after intercepting a dingy field with migrants
00:08that was in distress about eighty nautical miles from the southern italian island of lampedusa on tuesday night
00:15the coast guards say the migrants had probably departed from libya and the victims likely died of hypothermia by the
00:22cause of the deaths still needs to be verified the survivors were brought to lampedusa after a 10-hour trip
00:28and are now in the care of local health services according to the coast guards the tiny island of lampedusa
00:34is the main entry point to europe for migrants crossing the mediterranean sea from north africa with thousands dying during
00:41the perilous journey most of the deaths have been attributed to
00:45small boats setting off from the coast of tunisia and libya
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