202 Saharan and Palestinian migrants have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean sea on Thursday August 12.
They have been taken to port in the italian city of Pozzallo where they have been received by Medecins Sans Frontieres. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says about 250,000 migrants have crossed by sea to Europe so far this year – 124,000 to Greece and 98,000 in Italy.
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