More than 3000 refugees saved from drowning as multitudes flee Libya

By Ruth Pollard
Updated August 28 2015 - 3:13am, first published 2:20am
A refugee is carried up the gangway of the Swedish Coast Guard ship as it rescues 441 people; 52 people died in the hull.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
A refugee is carried up the gangway of the Swedish Coast Guard ship as it rescues 441 people; 52 people died in the hull. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Refugees on a wooden boat carrying 565 people are rescued off the Libyan coast by Migrant Offshore Aid Station crew. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Refugees on a wooden boat carrying 565 people are rescued off the Libyan coast by Migrant Offshore Aid Station crew. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Some of the 441 refugees attempting to cross from Libya to Europe on a wooden boat are rescued by the Swedish Coast Guard off Libya.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Some of the 441 refugees attempting to cross from Libya to Europe on a wooden boat are rescued by the Swedish Coast Guard off Libya. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A refugee after being rescued by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station and receiving care from Medecines Sans Frontieres.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
A refugee after being rescued by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station and receiving care from Medecines Sans Frontieres. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A refugee sits in despair on a wooden fishing boat as he waits to be rescued off the coast of Libya.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
A refugee sits in despair on a wooden fishing boat as he waits to be rescued off the coast of Libya. Photo: Kate Geraghty
An unconscious refugee is evacuated from the MY Phoenix by MSF and Migrant Offshore Aid Station crew to an Italian warship. The man was among the 441 people rescued. Photo: Kate Geraghty
An unconscious refugee is evacuated from the MY Phoenix by MSF and Migrant Offshore Aid Station crew to an Italian warship. The man was among the 441 people rescued. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Mohamed, 25, of Pakistan, in the hull of the wooden fishing boat that he shared with the 52 people who died.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Mohamed, 25, of Pakistan, in the hull of the wooden fishing boat that he shared with the 52 people who died. Photo: Kate Geraghty

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