Delegates To AIDS Conference Seek Asylum In Canada

(Ottawa) One-hundred-and-thirty-seven delegates to the International AIDS Conference, held last month in Toronto, are seeking refugee status in Canada, alleging they face persecution and denial of life-saving medication if they are returned home.

The group includes people from South Africa, El Salvador, Eritrea, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Many of them are women.

Rescued Eritrean refugees, Video courtesy of ERIETINET.COM 

8 illegal migrants die near Sicily

 ROME — African migrants whose small boat was intercepted Saturday off the coast of Sicily said eight people died during their grueling, 10-day trip, the third deadly sea journey by migrants trying to reach Italy in less than a month.