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Land of hope: Migrants wait to disembark on Tuesday from a ship in Porto Empedocle in southern Sicily, Italy, following a rescue operation of migrants as part of the International Frontex plan (Triton)

The Jakarta Post
Tue, February 17, 2015

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Land of hope Land of hope: Migrants wait to disembark on Tuesday from a ship in Porto Empedocle in southern Sicily, Italy, following a rescue operation of migrants as part of the International Frontex plan (Triton). The Italian coastguard launched a massive operation Sunday to rescue more than 2,000 migrants in difficulty between the Italian island of Lampedusa and the Libyan coast, local media said. The emergency rescue came on the same day that Italy said it was evacuating staff from its embassy in Libya and suspending operations there, highlighting the worsening security situation in the violence-plagued country. (AFP/Marcello Paternostro) (Triton). The Italian coastguard launched a massive operation Sunday to rescue more than 2,000 migrants in difficulty between the Italian island of Lampedusa and the Libyan coast, local media said. The emergency rescue came on the same day that Italy said it was evacuating staff from its embassy in Libya and suspending operations there, highlighting the worsening security situation in the violence-plagued country. (AFP/Marcello Paternostro)

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span class="inline inline-center">Land of hope: Migrants wait to disembark on Tuesday from a ship in Porto Empedocle in southern Sicily, Italy, following a rescue operation of migrants as part of the International Frontex plan (Triton). The Italian coastguard launched a massive operation Sunday to rescue more than 2,000 migrants in difficulty between the Italian island of Lampedusa and the Libyan coast, local media said. The emergency rescue came on the same day that Italy said it was evacuating staff from its embassy in Libya and suspending operations there, highlighting the worsening security situation in the violence-plagued country. (AFP/Marcello Paternostro)

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