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An African immigrant walks out of a partially collapsed tent after gale force winds destroyed several tents at the Hal Far
05 Mar 2009
Source: Reuters
 
An African immigrant walks out of a partially collapsed tent after gale force winds destroyed several tents at the Hal Far Tent Village Open Centre for Refugees and Asylum Seekers at Hal Far, outside Valletta, March 5, 2009. No injuries were reported though there was widespread damage all over Malta. Some 730 African would-be immigrants who were rescued by the Maltese Armed Forces while attempting to reach European soil from Africa now live in the tent village after spending up to eighteen months in detention camps, according to local authorities. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA). MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA.
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Homeless Bedouins of the Abu Rashed family make tea in a makeshift shelter on the ruins of their house March 13, 2009 in eastern Jabalya refugee camp. Their house was destroyed ...




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