More than 6,000 migrants fleeing Libya rescued at sea

The Italian coast guard says on Monday it rescued roughly 6,500 migrants off the coast of Libya. Thousands of #migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea about 13 miles from Sabratha, Libya. @morenatti2004 #refugee pic.twitter.com/5oPf4VJKAe -- AP Images (@AP_Images) August 29, 2016 The migrants, most from Eritrea and Somalia, were in overcrowded and poorly-built vessels that had enough fuel to make it 12 miles off the coast of the Libyan town of Sabratha, The Associated Press reports. There, res...