NEW ARRIVALS  A migrant boy watches an Italian Frontex vessel loaded by intercepted migrants arriving to the port of Kos on August 16, on the island of Kos. Authorities on the island of Kos have been so overwhelmed that the government sent a ferry to serve as a temporary center to issue travel documents to Syrian refugees -- among some 7,000 migrants stranded on the island of about 30,000 people. AFP PHOTO
NEW ARRIVALS
A migrant boy watches an Italian Frontex vessel loaded by intercepted migrants arriving to the port of Kos on August 16, on the island of Kos. Authorities on the island of Kos have been so overwhelmed that the government sent a ferry to serve as a temporary center to issue travel documents to Syrian refugees -- among some 7,000 migrants stranded on the island of about 30,000 people. AFP PHOTO

ROME: At least 40 migrants died in the hold of a boat off Italy Saturday as the EU struggled to cope with “the worst refugee crisis since World War II,” with thousands making dangerous crossings to reach Italy and Greece.

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