Thousands of migrants rescued from Mediterranean in three days

By Hilary Clarke and Lorenzo D'Agostino

Updated 1522 GMT (2322 HKT) April 17, 2017

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A woman cries <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/europe/migrant-crisis-mediterranean/index.html" target="_blank">after being rescued</a> in the Mediterranean Sea about 15 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on July 25, 2017. More than 6,600 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in January 2018, <a href="https://www.iom.int/news/90-migrants-reportedly-drown-bodies-wash-libyan-shores" target="_blank">according to the UN migration agency</a>, and more than 240 people died on the Mediterranean Sea during that month.
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A woman cries after being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea about 15 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on July 25, 2017. More than 6,600 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in January 2018, according to the UN migration agency, and more than 240 people died on the Mediterranean Sea during that month.
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Refugees and migrants get off a fishing boat at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey in October 2015.
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Refugees and migrants get off a fishing boat at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey in October 2015.
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Migrants step over dead bodies while being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Libya in October 2016. Agence France-Presse photographer Aris Messinis <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/europe/migrant-boats-libya-aris-messinis/index.html" target="_blank">was on a Spanish rescue boat</a> that encountered several crowded migrant boats. Messinis said the rescuers counted 29 dead bodies -- 10 men and 19 women, all between 20 and 30 years old. "I've (seen) in my career a lot of death," he said. "I cover war zones, conflict and everything. I see a lot of death and suffering, but this is something different. Completely different."
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Migrants step over dead bodies while being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Libya in October 2016. Agence France-Presse photographer Aris Messinis was on a Spanish rescue boat that encountered several crowded migrant boats. Messinis said the rescuers counted 29 dead bodies -- 10 men and 19 women, all between 20 and 30 years old. "I've (seen) in my career a lot of death," he said. "I cover war zones, conflict and everything. I see a lot of death and suffering, but this is something different. Completely different."
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Authorities stand near the body of 2-year-old Alan Kurdi on the shore of Bodrum, Turkey, in September 2015. Alan, his brother and their mother <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/03/europe/migration-crisis-aylan-kurdi-turkey-canada/index.html" target="_blank">drowned while fleeing Syria.</a> This photo was shared around the world, often with a Turkish hashtag that means "Flotsam of Humanity."
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Authorities stand near the body of 2-year-old Alan Kurdi on the shore of Bodrum, Turkey, in September 2015. Alan, his brother and their mother drowned while fleeing Syria. This photo was shared around the world, often with a Turkish hashtag that means "Flotsam of Humanity."
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Migrants board a train at Keleti station in Budapest, Hungary, after the station was reopened in September 2015.
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Migrants board a train at Keleti station in Budapest, Hungary, after the station was reopened in September 2015.
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Children cry as migrants in Greece try to break through a police cordon to cross into Macedonia in August 2015. Thousands of migrants -- most of them fleeing Syria's bitter conflict -- were stranded in a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/22/europe/europe-macedonia-migrant-crisis/" target="_blank">no-man's land</a> on the border.
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Children cry as migrants in Greece try to break through a police cordon to cross into Macedonia in August 2015. Thousands of migrants -- most of them fleeing Syria's bitter conflict -- were stranded in a no-man's land on the border.
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The Kusadasi Ilgun, a sunken 20-foot boat, lies in waters off the Greek island of Samos in November 2016.
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The Kusadasi Ilgun, a sunken 20-foot boat, lies in waters off the Greek island of Samos in November 2016.
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