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Migrants disembark at the Sicilian port of Catania, Italy, on Tuesday. — Reuters

Nearly 11,000 migrants rescued in last 48 hours off Libya

In this May 25, file combo made with pictures made available the the Italian Navy, people try to jump in the water right before their boat overturns off the Libyan coast. Over 700 migrants are feared dead in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few days as they tried desperately to reach Europe in unseaworthy smuggling boats, the UN refugee agency said Sunday. — AP

Time to get real over migrants