Tuesday, May 10, 2011

UN calls on Europe to step up Libya sea rescue (AP)



Migrants receives assistance as they arrive on the tiny island of Lampedusa, Italy, early Sunday, May 8, 2011. Italian police and coast guard officials on Sunday rescued some 400 illegal migrants coming from Libya whose boat was tossed against rocks near port in southern Italy after the steering malfunctioned, officials said. Tens of thousands of migrants have fled unrest in northern Africa since January, most arriving at Lampedusa, the nearest Italian port to Africa. (AP Photo/Francesco Malavolta)AP - The U.N. refugee agency appealed Tuesday to European countries to do more to rescue people fleeing the violence in Libya and dying by hundreds in overloaded boats that capsize in the Mediterranean Sea.




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