Italian navy rescues hundreds of children on migrant boat
 

An Italian navy patrol ship picked up a migrant boat coming from **rth Africa carrying 435 people including 264 children, most from Syria and Egypt, authorities said on Saturday. The rescue, which occurred on Friday after**on, is the latest in a seemingly endless succession as the chronic migrant crisis in the southern Mediterranean has picked up this year. At least 34,800 people have crossed from **rth Africa to Europe so far this year, compared to 43,000 in the whole of 2013.

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