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Swedish Coast Guard's migrant rescue mission

Around 40 bodies have been found on one boat and another 160 floating in the sea near Zuwara, a port in western Libya which is a major departure point for migrants hoping to reach Italy. Mattias Lindholm, of the Swedish Coast Guard, describes the mission to rescue those that survived.

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