Several migrants have been rescued by Italian coast guards after clinging onto rocks near Lampedusa for several days
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00:00 Italian Coast Guard helicopters battled high winds and rough seas to rescue a number of
00:06 migrants clinging to a rocky reef in waters off Lampedusa.
00:12 The group, including a child and two pregnant women, have been stranded on the outcrop since
00:17 Friday.
00:18 They were among dozens of people shipwrecked after three smugglers' boats found them in
00:23 the water over the weekend in separate incidents.
00:26 They were transferred to the island's migrant centre.
00:30 Earlier the Coast Guard pulled tens of people from the choppy seas after their vessel capsized.
00:36 It's thought around 30 others may still be missing.
00:40 Italian officials said the bodies of a child and a woman were recovered while 57 migrants
00:45 were saved.
00:47 Over 1,800 migrants are known to have died this year while attempting to cross the Mediterranean
00:53 in overcrowded boats launched mainly from Tunisia or Libya.
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