The Italian optician who saved many migrants

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Many ordinary Italians have been touched by the thousands of migrants arriving on their country's shores. One such person is the optician on the Italian island of Lampedusa who rescued many migrants from the Mediterranean Sea. Emma Jame Kirby has been to visit him to hear his story. (Picture: A group of sub-Saharan Africans sit on board an Italian police vessel / Credit: Reuters)