9 Out of 10 Refugee Children Make the Trip From Libya to Italy Without Parents
An estimated 9 out of 10 refugee children who attempt to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy make the journey without their parents. Rescue boats and NGOs do what they can to help.
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A woman carries her baby on her back prior to leaving rescue ship Aquarius as more than 380 migrants arrive in the port of Cagliari, Sardinia, on May 26, two days after being rescued near the Libyan coast. The Aquarius is a former North Atlantic fisheries protection ship now used by humanitarian organizations SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). The ship patrols the Mediterranean, rescuing migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe aboard rubber rafts or old fishing boats.
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Migrants wait to disembark from the Italian Navy vessel Vega at the Reggio Calabria harbor, southern Italy, May 29.
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A dead body is taken off the Italian Navy vessel Vega at the Reggio Calabria harbor, southern Italy, May 29.
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A migrant waits at an immigration center in the Sicilian town of Caltagirone, Italy, on April 20.
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A migrant disembarks from a merchant ship in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy, on April 21.
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A rescue worker carries a child as they disembark the Italian naval vessel Cigala, in the Sicilian harbour of Augusta, Italy, February 24, 2016.
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A woman stares through a porthole on the rescue ship Aquarius as more than 380 migrants arrive in the port of Cagliari, Sardinia, on May 26, two days after being rescued off the Libyan coast.
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Migrants on a rubber dinghy wait to be rescued by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) ship MV Phoenix, some 20 miles off the coast of Libya, on August 3, 2015. The Phoenix, manned by personnel from international non-governmental organisations Medecins san Frontiere (Doctors Without Borders) and MOAS, is the first privately funded rescue vessel to operate in the Mediterranean.
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