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Tunisia rescues 350 migrants heading by boat to Italy from Libya

Tunis: Tunisia's navy rescued more than 350 illegal migrants off its coast and was searching for hundreds more on Wednesday after they tried to sail from neighboring Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the local Red Cross said.

Boat smugglers often use Tunisia's proximity to the Italian coast to ship migrants there. Tunisian authorities have rescued dozens of people traveling in unsafe boats in recent months.

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