Two unidentified
Nigerian siblings aged 11 and 10, were rescued in the Mediterranean on
Friday, July 29, 2016, after losing their mother while on a dangerous
journey to Europe.
The heartbreaking photographs of the boy and girl by Associated Press were published by Dailymail as they sobbed and comforted each other aboard a rescue boat.
According to Dailymail, the
children were part of 150 migrants rescued by an NGO’s boat while trying
to make the journey from Libya to Europe aboard an overcrowded craft.
A leading migration group had said more
than 3,000 people had died while trying to cross the Mediterranean this
year, nearly a 60 per cent increase from this time in 2015.
The latest rescue came after Italy on
Thursday, July 28, 2016, launched a hard-hitting campaign on the
Internet, TV, radio and social media to warn African migrants of the
many dangers they face in trying to reach Europe.
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