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D. The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean on the west, but it is almost completely enclosed by land. Africa lies to the south; Asia is on the east and northeast; and Europe is on the northern and western shores of the Mediterranean.
B. Earlier on Friday at least 500 more migrants in at least three separate boats arrived or were rescued on the way to different parts of Sicily, which lies off the "toe" of Italy's "boot."
C. Most migrants come from nations that are south of Africa's Sahara Desert, but this year many are fleeing the Syrian civil war or political turmoil in Egypt and other parts of North Africa.
A. Modern Greece traces its roots to the civilization of Ancient Greece, considered the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy. In the last few years a neo-Nazi political party called Golden Dawn has drawn followers in Greece with its rabidly anti-immigrant stance.