Two
unidentified Nigerian children aged 11 and 10, were rescued in the
Mediterranean on Friday after losing their mother while on a dangerous journey
to Europe.
The
heartbreaking photographs of the boy and girl by Associated Press were published by Dailymail as they
sobbed and comforted each other aboard a rescue boat.
According
to Dailymail,
the children were part of 150 migrants rescued by an NGO’s boat while trying to
make the journey from Libya to Europe aboard an overcrowded craft.
A
leading migration group had said more than 3,000 people had died while trying
to cross the Mediterranean this year, nearly a 60 per cent increase from this
time in 2015.
The
latest rescue came after Italy on Thursday launched a hard-hitting campaign on
the Internet, TV, radio and social media to warn African migrants of the many
dangers they face in trying to reach Europe.
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