"A picture provided by Spanish Ministry of Defence on November 5, 2015 shows a boat with migrants off the coast of Libya viewed from an helicopter. A Spanish navy frigate rescued more than 500 migrants off the coast of Libya on November 5, 2015 as the small wooden fishing boat they were packed on sailed adrift, the defence ministry announced. Men, women, children and two babies, many of them wearing life jackets, were massed onto the 20-metre (66-foot) long vessel -- some perched on the edge -- in an attempt to cross the Mediterranean and reach Europe. The rescue operation lasted more than six hours, the ministry said, as soldiers from the ""Canarias"" frigate ferried refugees to their ship on board small inflatable, motorised boats. ""The 'Canarias' frigate is headed to the Italian port of Lampedusa where the 517 immigrants on board will disembark,"" it added. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT ""AFP PHOTO/ HO/ SPANISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE"" NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS"
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