Italy struggles with fresh wave of migrants

[WorldNews]

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Emotions were running high in Italy Friday as the country struggled to cope with a new influx of migrants amid "worrying" allegations of clashes between Muslim and Christian refugees on a boat. More than 11,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean and taken to Italy in the past six days, with hundreds more expected Friday, the coastguard said. The migrant wave has swelled in recent days on the back of the worsening security situation in Libya -- the staging post for most of the crossings -- as well as the milder spring weather. The woman had been taken onboard despite suffering serious burns in a gas canister blast in a Libyan camp housing migrants waiting to be smuggled into Europe, the UN's refugee agency said.

 

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