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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
Migrants rescued by a ship chartered by NGOs disembark in Sicily and are taken care of by the authorities. The Ocean Viking, chartered by SOS Méditerranée in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), rescued 114 people on December 16, including minors and two newborns who were on an inflatable boat in distress in international waters off the coast of Libya. IMAGES
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
A boat loaded with migrants arrives on the coast of Lesbos after Turkish officials say Ankara will no longer prevent refugees from going to Europe. Thousands of migrants have flooded to Turkey's border with Greece in a bid to enter the EU after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to open its frontier to Europe as tensions mount over its deepening conflict in Syria. IMAGES
Turkish coast guards rescue migrants after their boat sank off the coast of the Bodrum district in Mugla province. Eight people have died. IMAGES of Turkish coast guards rescuing migrants
Humanitarian aid ship Open Arms arrives in Spain with more than 300 migrants rescued off Libya. Madrid authorised it to sail to its waters after Italy and Malta refused to receive them. IMAGES