Sunday, May 3, 2015

0504 - Mediterranean migrant crisis:Thousands of migrants rescued at sea

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32573389



1.Syrians = The Syrian people, are the inhabitants of Syria and their ancestors who share a common Levantine Semitic ancestry. The term also refers to the citizens of Syria, regardless of ancestry, mother tongue, ethnic identity, or culture. officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, andIsrael to the southwest.

2.Eritreans = People in Eritrea. Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. With its capital at Asmara, it is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast

3. Somalis = Somalis are an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa. The overwhelming majority of Somalis speak the Somali language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic

footage = scenes or action recorded on film or video

Frontex = Frontex promotes, coordinates and develops European border management in ... External Borders of the Member States of the European Union

Operation Mare Nostrum was a year-long naval and air operation commenced by the Italian government on October 18, 2013

During the operation at least 150,000 migrants, mainly from Africa and the Middle East, arrived safely to Europe.