Africa: Sicilians Extend Hand to Thousands of Migrant Children

19 April 2015

Sicily, Italy — More than 170,000 people arrived on Italy's shores last year and with so many making the perilous journey local volunteers are trying to ensure young migrants achieve the better lives that they've risked everything for.

Migrants fleeing war, poverty and political instability around Africa and the Middle East hope to secure a new life in Europe through the risky Mediterranean passage in what is the largest human migration since the end of World War II, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

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