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A Sea-Watch rescue ship arrived in Lampedusa Saturday carrying 44 migrants rescued from an abandoned oil rig in the Mediterranean. Sea-Watch, a non-profit sea rescue group, said the migrants were on the oil rig ‘Didon’ after taking refuge to escape a storm. The presence of the migrants on the oil rig, in the waters between Tunisia and Libya, was reported on Wednesday by Alarm Phone, a group of volunteers who handle emergency calls from migrants. Initially it was thought there were 47 people aboard the rig. Earlier, in Italy, authorities found 19 people dead and rescued 58 others after intercepting…

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