More than 120 migrants rescued off Cyprus

Cyprus police rescued 123 migrants believed to be Syrians who were left adrift off the island's north-west coast by a boatman who made off on a jet ski, officials said Thursday. The 42 children, 19 women and 62 men were all in good health, including a woman who had given birth at sea and was admitted to hospital as a precaution, a civil defence statement said. Police said they were still checking identity papers but at least nine of the migrants had previously been deported from Cyprus.