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August 23, 2018

Asylum Seekers Denied Entry to Italy, Beaten in Croatia
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In more news on migration, naval ships in Malta on Wednesday brought
ashore over 100 migrants rescued at sea, along with the bodies of two
people who died attempting to cross the Mediterranean. In Italy, a ship
carrying 177 migrants docked in Sicily on Tuesday, but authorities have
not allowed most of the asylum seekers aboard the ship to disembark.
Earlier today, authorities allowed children to leave the boat, but have
said adults must remain aboard until other European countries agree to
take them in. In North Africa, about 100 African migrants pushed through
razor wire as they crossed a fortified border separating Morocco from
the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta Tuesday. And in Bosnia, scores of
refugees and asylum seekers showed reporters cuts and bruises, saying
they were beaten by Croatian police who turned them back to a camp of
about 5,000 migrants near the Bosnia-Croatia border.


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