article_snippet: Several merchant ships helped the coast guard rescue hundreds from six other boats on Tuesday, and from a seventh on Wednesday .
article_snippet: The Italian coast guard said one of The Italian coast guard ships had rescued 121 people after 121 people boat capsized on Tuesday about 50 miles north of Libya.
article_snippet: Several merchant ships helped the coast guard rescue hundreds from six other boats on Tuesday, and from a seventh on Wednesday.
article_snippet: Tunisia's navy rescued all 81 migrants on a boat that had started taking on water near the Tunisian island of Djerba on Tuesday night, the Interior Ministry said.
article_snippet: a flotilla of rescue ships saved 941 people in seven separate operations that began on Tuesday.
article_snippet: Survivors rescued from the sea by Coast Guard stand on the dockside at Augusta .
highlights_snippet: Italy's Coast Guard rescued 941 migrants in Sicilian Channel in 24 hours .
  