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Three migrants remain missing at sea after an oil tanker picked up 139 people from an unseaworthy vessel on the way to Europe from Libya in the early hours of Monday, the Italian authorities reported. The three fell into the water during the rescue operation, the report said. An initial search was unsuccessful. The remaining migrants were taken by the Italian coastguard to the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. The migrants are reported to have originally come from various African countries and from Syria, Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are reported to have paid between $3,000 and $7,00…

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