[New Ship Racing To Rescue Desperate Refugees]Tens of thousands of refugees are still trying to cross to Europe each week from Turkey via Greece, in spite of the dreadful winter conditions. After the bodies of the five-year-old and three-year-old were photographed washed up on the beach at the Turkish resort of Bodrum, the charity MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) received €2m (£1.5m) in donations from people saddened by the boys' deaths. That money is now helping to fund a new boat rescuing migrants in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey - at a time of year when the journey is even more perilous and terrifying.
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