00:01A Sea Watch rescue ship arrived in the Italian island of Lampedusa on Saturday
00:06carrying 44 migrants rescued from an abandoned oil rig in the Mediterranean.
00:13Sea Watch, a non-profit sea rescue group, said the migrants were taking refuge from a storm on the oil
00:19rig between Tunisia and Libya.
00:24In a separate incident, the Italian Coast Guard intercepted an overcrowded dinghy in distress some 80 nautical miles from Lampedusa
00:32on Tuesday.
00:3658 people were pulled to safety, but 19 others were found dead.
00:44Lampedusa remains the main gateway into Europe for migrants making the crossing from North Africa,
00:49a journey that claims thousands of lives each year.
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