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More than 600 migrants from Africa arrived by boat on the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa overnight, authorities said on Saturday morning. A total of 13 boats were registered within a few hours. Shortly before reaching the island, one carrying a total of 45 migrants on board was shipwrecked, according to the report. Almost all of the occupants were able to save themselves, but a 15-month-old toddler is missing. The authorities counted a total of 620 new arrivals. The migrants, who come from various countries, had all made the dangerous crossing to Europe from Tunisia. The people on b…

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