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Rescued Migrants
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A picture made available on 23 April 2015 shows some of over 200 illegal migrants, as they are rescued and to be shipped to the Italian mainland by the Italian Guardia di Finanza boat ‘Denaro’ in the Mediterranean Sea, 22 April 2015. (EPA)
EU leaders face calls to take swift action on Med migrants
Brussels, AP—European Union leaders gathering for an extraordinary summit are facing calls from all sides to take emergency action to save lives in the Mediterranean, where hundreds of migrants are missing and feared drowned in recent days. The leaders will examine a...Caption:
Surviving immigrants lie on the deck of the Italian coastguard ship “Bruno Gregoretti” in Senglea, in Valletta’s Grand Harbor, Malta, on April 20, 2015. (Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi)
EU meets on migrant crisis as shipwreck corpses brought ashore
Valletta and Catania, Reuters—European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Monday under pressure to produce more than words as bodies were brought ashore in Malta among hundreds feared drowned in the latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy. The death toll...Caption:
A migrant who survived a shipwreck is helped as he arrives with others at the Lampedusa harbor on February 11, 2015. (Reuters/Antonio Parrinello)
UN: At least 300 migrants missing in new sea tragedy
Rome, AP—Some 300 migrants who tried to cross the frigid Mediterranean in open, rubber boats, were reported missing Wednesday by survivors as the UN refugee agency and other aid groups sharply criticized the new EU rescue operation as insufficient and costing lives....Caption:
Jordanian Prince Hassan Bin Talal (center right) and French Journalist Jean Daniel (center left) awarded the Averroes Prize 16 November (MAP photo)