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Added on the 24/02/2016 18:59:07 - Copyright : Eyewitness Video Online
A boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants is safely towed to the Greek island of Crete after a dramatic rescue complicated by near gale-force winds, a coastguard said. IMAGES
Images of the Spanish coast guard and emergency services on the Balearic Island of Cabrera, after the authorities, who initially said that they had found 11 bodies off the Balearic Islands, correct their assessment to say that 14 people have been found alive with no bodies found as yet. IMAGES
A thermal power plant and its surrounding town on the Aegean Sea are being evacuated as a deadly wildfire that has ravaged Turkey for the past week engulfs its outer edge. The defence ministry said it was evacuating villagers by sea as bright balls of orange flames tore through the hills encircling the plant. IMAGES
Supported by the Moonbird plane, the German NGO Sea-Watch says it rescued 363 migrants trapped in the Mediterranean Sea between the 26th and the 28th of February. IMAGES of rescue operations
Images showing a boat belonging to the Italian coastguard in the harbour of Lampedusa island in Sicily, after they rescued migrants in the Mediterranean sea. IMAGES
Migrants on the Turkish side of the border with Greece clash with the Greek police. They exchange tear gas and stones and some migrants try to pull down the fence with ropes. IMAGES