Turkish Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Migrants by Helicopter

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Turkish Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Migrants by Helicopter
The Aegean rescue also came the same day that a task force of officials from the European Union, African Union, the United Nations refugee agency
and the International Organization for Migration met in Brussels to discuss deteriorating conditions for migrants inside Libya.
14, 2017
DEC. 14, 2017
Dozens of migrants were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard on Thursday after their
rubber dinghy snagged on a rocky outcropping off Turkey’s Aegean coast.
DEC. 14, 2017
During a meeting of European Union leaders on Thursday, where migration was on the agenda, Donald Tusk, the former prime minister of Poland
and current European Council president, spoke out against obligatory relocation quotas for refugees and migrants.
European said that It is — I believe — a turning point in our work to save and protect lives of migrants, in particular inside Libya
but also along the route, and dismantling the traffickers networks,
While a European Union arrangement with Turkey has largely shut down the once well-traveled route
across the Aegean, the rescue on Thursday was a reminder that some are still making the journey.

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