Thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing #Egypt by boat, #Italy says
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Coast guard help immigrants on 19 August 2013 in the Catania’s harbor after being rescued off the Italian coast. (Photo: AFP - Dario Azzaro)
Around 3,300 Syrians have arrived in Italy by boat over recent weeks, many fleeing troubled Egypt where they had first found a haven from war, the UN refugee agency said Friday. UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said that the bulk of the refugees were families, and arrived over the past 40 days, mostly in Sicily. Some 670 landed (...)