Turkish Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Migrants by Helicopter<br />The Aegean rescue also came the same day that a task force of officials from the European Union, African Union, the United Nations refugee agency<br />and the International Organization for Migration met in Brussels to discuss deteriorating conditions for migrants inside Libya.<br />14, 2017<br />DEC. 14, 2017<br />Dozens of migrants were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard on Thursday after their<br />rubber dinghy snagged on a rocky outcropping off Turkey’s Aegean coast.<br />DEC. 14, 2017<br />During a meeting of European Union leaders on Thursday, where migration was on the agenda, Donald Tusk, the former prime minister of Poland<br />and current European Council president, spoke out against obligatory relocation quotas for refugees and migrants.<br />European said that It is — I believe — a turning point in our work to save and protect lives of migrants, in particular inside Libya<br />but also along the route, and dismantling the traffickers networks,<br />While a European Union arrangement with Turkey has largely shut down the once well-traveled route<br />across the Aegean, the rescue on Thursday was a reminder that some are still making the journey.
