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North African migrants, adrift, tell of last-minute rescue

Arab migrants, including three Libyans, two Tunisians and a Moroccan, gaze at the Mediterranean Sea, on the deck of the Geo Barents, a rescue vessel operated by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) off Libya, in the central Mediterranean route, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem) Waleed, a Tunisian migrant, speaks to a humanitarian worker on the deck of the Geo Barents, a rescue vessel operated by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) off Libya, in the central Mediterranean route, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem) African migrants eat their lunch on the deck of the Geo Barents, a rescue vessel operated by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) off Libya, in the central Mediterranean route, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem) A Libyan migrant reads the Quran (Islam's Holy Book) on the deck of the Geo Barents, a rescue vessel operated by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) off Libya, in the central Mediterranean route, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem) Migrants pray on the deck of the Geo Barents, a rescue vessel operated by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) off Libya, in the central Mediterranean route, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem) Waleed, a Tunisian migrant, looks at the Mediterranean Sea from the deck of the Geo Barents, a rescue vessel operated by MSF (Doctors Without Borders), Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)