A group of migrants suffering from
hypothermia were rescued on Monday night in the Piemonte Alps
near the border with France.
Mountain rescue teams supported by firefighters and the Italian
Red Cross intervened after receiving an alarm call from the
group in distress in mountains above Clavière in the province of
Turin.
They then transferred the survivors back down to Clavière for
hospital treatment.
The group reportedly also alerted rescuers to six other migrants
who were missing, but who later returned to Clavière
independently and were also given medical attention.
The Piedmont town is a transit point for many migrants and
refugees seeking to cross from Italy into France on their
journey north.
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