00:00Nearly 600 migrants were rescued off the coast of Italy by a vessel operated by the charity Doctors Without Borders.
00:07The group came to their rescue after receiving a distress signal.
00:11The overcrowded boat was off the island of Sicily and was taken to the southern port of Bari,
00:17as assigned by the Italian authorities, reports Reuters.
00:20The trajectory would take them around 40 hours.
00:23Charities and non-governmental organizations have criticized the Italian administration of Georgia Maloney.
00:30Which takes a tough stance against illegal immigration, saying it often assigns ports too far from the sites of the
00:36rescues.
00:37So far this year, more than 47,000 migrants have arrived in Italy.
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