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In this June 29, 2014 file photo, Syrian refugee children play outside their tent in a Syrian refugee camp in the eastern town of Marj, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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Emergency personnel help migrants who arrived in Italy onboard another ship that was rescued by the Italian Coast Guard on December 31, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)
Italy rescuing more migrants in Mediterranean
Rome, AP—An Icelandic Coast Guard ship was towing a cargo vessel to Italy with about 450 migrants who were abandoned by smugglers, leaving the vessel navigating without a crew, authorities said. Italian Coast Guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini said Friday that after several...Caption:
Hundreds of migrants are seen on board the decks of the Moldovan-flagged Blue Sky M cargo ship after it docked at the Italian port of Gallipoli in the early hours of December 31, 2014. (EPA/Biagio Claudio Longo)
Four migrants found dead on packed cargo ship brought to Italy
Rome, Reuters—Four migrants were found dead on a cargo ship that was taken to Italy after apparently being abandoned by its crew in Greek waters, the Italian Red Cross said on Wednesday. The Blue Sky M was carrying an estimated 900 migrants when it was spotted...Caption:
Syrian refugee children at a makeshift settlement in Qab Elias in the Beqaa valley, Lebanon, on December 8, 2014. (Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)
UN says rich nations pledge to take 100,000 Syrian refugees
Geneva, Thomson Reuters Foundation—The UN refugee agency said on Tuesday that Western governments had heeded a call to take in more Syrian refugees from neighboring countries and estimated that, in all, more than 100,000 places would be offered in the coming months....Caption:
A volunteer from a Lebanese NGO distributes bread to Syrian refugees at the Al-Amaan camp in Arsal, Lebanon, on October 26, 2014. (AFP Photo/Maya Hautefueille)