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Coronavirus: The migrants who continue to arrive while Italy struggles

Thousands of migrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, every year and the coronavirus pandemic has not changed that. The German migrant rescue charity, Sea-Eye, says it has just rescued 150 people from two wooden boats off the coast of Libya. Simon Pomp茅 is Sea-Eye鈥檚 spokesperson for western Europe and explains the risks and challenges these rescues present..

(Photo: Members of Sea-Eye rescue migrants from a boat in the Mediterranean. Credit: C茅dric Fettouche, Sea-Eye.org)

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