Monday, December 22, 2014

Italian coastguard rescues close to 200 Syrian migrants


Footage released by the Italian coastguard on Saturday shows the rescue of close to 200 Syrian migrants on Friday 130 miles off the Italian coast.The ship had set sail from Turkey carrying a total of 194 people including 38 children and 23 women, two of whom were pregnant. Just a few hours after coastguard officials boarded the merchant ship and successfully rescued all migrants, it sank.


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