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Migrants Rescued off Sicily are not Syrians, U.N. SaysQuoteOf the 800 arrivals, only two people were believed to be Syrians."The information was incorrect," Carlotta Sami, Italy spokeswoman for the UN's Refugee Agency, told Agence France Presse after UNHCR humanitarian workers spoke to the newly-arrived migrants on Friday after they were brought to various ports on the Italian island."There are a lot of different nationalities: Yemenis, Somalis, Eritreans, South Sudanese", she said, while IOM spokesman Flavio di Giacomo said there were also many Egyptians and a high number of unaccompanied minors.
Of the 800 arrivals, only two people were believed to be Syrians."The information was incorrect," Carlotta Sami, Italy spokeswoman for the UN's Refugee Agency, told Agence France Presse after UNHCR humanitarian workers spoke to the newly-arrived migrants on Friday after they were brought to various ports on the Italian island."There are a lot of different nationalities: Yemenis, Somalis, Eritreans, South Sudanese", she said, while IOM spokesman Flavio di Giacomo said there were also many Egyptians and a high number of unaccompanied minors.
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