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Authorities say more than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean in last 24 hours. Jillian Kitchener reports.
A European Union naval coalition has rescued 4,243 migrants stranded on wooden fishing boats and motorised rubber dinghies in the Mediterranean Sea over the past 24 hours alone, the Italian coastguard said on Saturday.
A charity ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean enters the French port of Toulon, after the country allowed the ship to disembark in response to Italy's refusal to take passengers in. IMAGES
A group of 73 migrants mainly from Bangladesh are rescued by an Italian Guardia di Finanza vessel in the Mediterranean sea and brought to Lampedusa. More than 1,400 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa at the weekend, sparking calls from far-right politicians for action to stem the flow, amid fresh moves by Italian authorities against the rescue boats who operate in the central Mediterranean. IMAGES
Motril (Granada, Spain), Jan 18 (EFE), (Camera: Alba Feixas).- Maritime Rescue rescued and transferred to the Motril port (Granada) a total of 18 migrants who sailed in three small boats from Morocco to the Spanish coast. FOOTAGE OF THE MIGRANTS RESCUED FROM THREE BOATS 7 MILES OFF THE COASTS OF GRANADA, SPAIN.
On board the Ocean Viking, off the shores of southern Europe, tension is mounting among migrants rescued at sea. Some 118 of them fled Libya and were rescued five days ago by the SOS Méditerranée aid ship, which is circling waiting to be assigned a port of disembarkation. IMAGES
Valencia, Jun 17 (EFE) .- The Aquarius Survivors Association, recently created by some of the immigrants who now live in Valencia, urge the Spanish government to regularize their legal status in the country.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF:-MOSES VON KALLON, PRESIDENT OF THE 2018 AQUARIUS SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION:"We are asking the government to fulfil their promise so they don't forget about us. We have the right to a decent life. We have the right to it."-MOK KAMARA, SECRETARY OF THE AQUARIUS SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION 2018 AND ALSO AQUARIUS PASSENGER."It's very slow. We've been waiting for two years now. We are willing for our documents, but there are no documents for the Aquarius migrants."
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