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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 29 Aug 2016

    About 6,500 migrants rescued in large operation off the coast of Libya, Italian coast guard sayshttp://bbc.in/2bxm1ou 

    2:42 PM - 29 Aug 2016
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      1. Jason Scott Tilley FRSA‏ @TilleyEsquire 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        I think you meant 6,500 people

        2 replies 2 retweets 26 likes
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      2. John Kinloch‏ @JayKay1903 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews surely they should just be towed back to Libya since they are 'off the coast of Libya' ...

        2 replies 7 retweets 28 likes
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      1. Michele‏ @MicK_ele 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Vardtash @BBCBreaking

        You sucks. From Italy.

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      2. Damien R. Kimberley‏ @DamienK73 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews 6,500 human beings I like to call them. Poor souls

        2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      3. black kid emoji‏ @gg_Rickyr 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @DamienK73 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        nice joke mate

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Damien R. Kimberley‏ @DamienK73 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @gg_Rickyr @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        what's funny about it?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. black kid emoji‏ @gg_Rickyr 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @DamienK73 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        "poor souls" funniest shit i ever read.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. Charles Carter‏ @66charlescarter 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews I'd advise the Italians to send them back. And if they do it again, send them back again.

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      1. JobCentreSUCKS‏ @DWPscumbags 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Cameron, Sarkozy & Obama helped open up Libya to ISIS & mass migration.

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      1. Patricia Clare Steel‏ @PatriciaClareS2 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        send them straight back this is just ridiculous

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      1. big c‏ @SenorNewman 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews good, hope they're all ok and make the racist nonces heads fall off x

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      2. Jonathan Jones‏ @Jonjonjonnn 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews @hellonicoleee damn why is it only just the Italians helping huh, doing some good work eh

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. nicole farrugia  👻‏ @hellonicoleee 29 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Jonjonjonnn

        y'know I can tell you to fuck off in English, Maltese AND Italian, right?

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. All Seeing Eye‏ @AllSeeingEye10 30 Aug 2016
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        @BBCNews Send them BACK!

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      1. Duska Trkulja‏ @Duskatrkulja1 30 Aug 2016
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        @piecrust33 @BBCNews This is a nonsense. They deliberately get in2 vessels that will only get them as far as the 'rescue boats'

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