article_snippet.sent: Almost 6,000 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean over the weekend, as traffickers took advantage of clement weather and calmer seas to dispatch dozens of boats.
article_snippet.sent: Between Friday and Sunday 5,629 migrants were picked up in the Sicilian Channel.
article_snippet.sent: Almost 6,000 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean over the weekend, as traffickers took advantage of calmer seas.
article_snippet.sent: Between Friday and Sunday 5,629 migrants were picked up in the Sicilian Channel, most of 5,629 migrants on unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels .