LÉ Samuel Beckett recovers three dead bodies while saving 269 during search and rescue operation

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LÉ Samuel Beckett has recovered three dead bodies while rescuing 269 migrants off the coast of Tripoli.

Earlier today, following a request from the Italian Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre, LÉ Samuel Beckett located and rescued a total of 269 migrants from two rubber vessels off the coast of Tripoli.