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Lebanese army rescues 27 from sinking boat as Pope calls on European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty
This photo released on September 23, 2023, by the Lebanese Army official website, shows a rubber boat with migrants during a rescue operation at the Mediterranean Sea, near the shores of the northern coastal town of Chekka, Lebanon.
THE LEBANESE army and civil defence forces rescued 27 people from a boat sinking off the north coast of the country on Saturday.
In recent years, as rich European states have militarised their borders, thousands of Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinian people seeking a better life have been forced to take the dangerous trip from Lebanon across the Mediterranean.
Lebanon has hosted refugees for years. It has some 805,000 UN-registered Syrian refugees, but officials estimate the actual number to be between 1.5 million and 2 million.
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