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2016-04-09 Europe

Hundreds of migrants arrive in Italy on boat from Egypt

Italy’s coast guard said on Thursday it had rescued more than 300 migrants from a packed boat in which they had traveled hundreds of kilometers (miles) from Egypt to the Strait of Sicily.

People fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East have been arriving in southern Italian waters for years, usually from Libya, where they pay smugglers for the passage. A spokeswoman for the Italian coast guard said migrants had arrived from Egypt in the past, but much less frequently than from Libya, which is about half as far away by boat.

Italy’s coast guard and a Spanish aircraft working for European Union border agency Frontex went on Wednesday to the aid of the boat, rescuing 156 men, 51 women and 107 minors. The migrants were from Syria, Egypt, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Palestinian territory, Libya, Sudan and the Comoros Islands, the coast guard said in a statement.

The rescued migrants are due to arrive in the southern Italian port of Crotone, about 770 nautical miles from the coast of northern Egypt.

Posted by Steve White 2016-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Paging Professor James Harrison, Portland Community College. Professor Harrison to the ~~white~~ courtesy phone please.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-04-09 02:55|| 2016-04-09 02:55|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a stupid parasite who eliminates its host.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-04-09 06:37|| 2016-04-09 06:37|| Front Page Top

#3 And here I thought the Carthaginians lost.

Posted by AlanC 2016-04-09 08:23|| 2016-04-09 08:23|| Front Page Top

#4 "But we already bought the tickets!"

Posted by Skidmark 2016-04-09 10:36|| 2016-04-09 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 "We won. How are you doing?"

Posted by Scipio Aemilianus 2016-04-09 17:27|| 2016-04-09 17:27|| Front Page Top

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