About 6,500 migrants have been rescued in a large operation off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says.
Migrants from Eritrea and Somalia cheered as the rescue boats arrived, with some jumping into the water and swimming toward them while others carefully carried babies onto the rescue ships, AP reported.
Some 40 separate rescue operations took place, the coastguard said.
The instability in Libya has made the country a hub for people-trafficking.
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