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Migrants speak with members of the Italian Red Cross who help them to contact their family on March 6, 2017. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)

March 7th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

1,300 refugees rescued by Italian coast guard arrive in Sicily

So far in 2017 there have been 487 refugee deaths in the Mediterranean.