A group of migrants are transferred on December 26 2017, from the Spanish war ship Santa Maria to the non-governmental organization (NGO) Aquarius ship by SOS Mediterranee and Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) NGOs. (AFP)

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The Italian coast guard recovered the bodies of eight people as it rescued a further 84 from a dinghy that ran into trouble off Libya’s coast, it said on Saturday.

The coast guard said the refugees had been spotted by a plane patrolling the sea.

(Source: Reuters)