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Video footage released by the Italian Navy shows the rescue of 620 migrants attempting to reach Italy on a small, unstable boat.The boat is said to have been carrying 167 women and 37 children.Calmer seas have led to a surge in people trying to reach Italy from North Africa. Italy has picked up more than 85,000 migrants so far this year.Italy’s navy has been patrolling the waters between Africa and Sicily since October, when 366 people drowned after their boat capsized just a mile from the Italian coast.Over the past year, most of the migrants have been refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war and Eritrea’s harsh military service, according to the Interior Ministry.
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