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34 African Migrants Missing After Boat Sinks Off Tunisia
At least 34 African migrants are missing after a new boat sank off Tunisia, a judicial official told Reuters on Friday.
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Spanish Ship Stranded With 73 African Migrants After Italy Refuses Access
The leader of a Spanish rescue mission said on Sunday that Italian authorities had refused to grant port access to its Open Arms ship, leaving the vessel stranded in rough conditions in the Mediterranean with more than 70 African migrants on board.
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Richard Gere Delivers Food To Stranded Migrants Ship in Mediterranean
The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya on Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded.
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3 Teen Migrants Charged By Malta For Hijacking Tanker After Sea Rescue
Three teenage migrants were charged in a Maltese court on Saturday with hijacking a small commercial tanker that had rescued them and others off the coast of Libya.The three, who have pleaded not guilty, were among 108 Africans rescued by the El Hiblu 1 tanker this week.
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Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Scraps African Migrant Relocation Deal With UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, bowing to right-wing pressure to scrap the deal.
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6 African Migrants Injured In Suspected Racial Shooting In Italy's Macerata
An Italian man opened fire on African migrants in the central city of Macerata on Saturday, injuring six people in the racially motivated attack before he was captured, police said.
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At Least 30 Dead After Boat Carrying Migrants Sinks Off Libya, 200 Rescued
At least 25 migrants died after their boat sank off Libya's western coast on Saturday and survivors were being brought back to port in Tripoli, Libyan coastguard officials said.
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Human Traffickers Throw 300 Migrants Into The Sea, 56 Drown
At least 56 people have drowned over the past 24 hours, and dozens remain missing, after human traffickers forced 300 African migrants off two Yemen-bound boats and into the sea.
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Over 50 African migrants feared dead in Niger's Sahara desert
Over 50 African migrants are feared dead in the Sahara desert of northern Niger after being abandoned by their drivers, aid workers and local officials said on Tuesday.
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Angela Merkel's G20-Africa Meet Aims To Reduce Poverty, Migrant Influx
Today, in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet African leaders with order to address pressing issues facing the African nations including poverty and mass migrant influx to Europe.
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400 Migrants Storm North African Border Fence: Spain
Some 400 migrants from Africa stormed a border fence to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Friday, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.
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More Than 100 Migrants Rescued Off Spain In 1 Day
More than 100 African migrants were saved from the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain on Saturday after attempting the perilous crossing to Europe on a rickety boat, officials said.
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Saudi Stops 31 African Migrants In Red Sea
Saudi maritime patrols have intercepted 31 illegal migrants, mostly from Sudan, trying to reach the kingdom by sea, official media said on today, the latest case in recent weeks.
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8 Dead, Nearly 20 Missing In New Migrant Boat Tragedy Off Libya
At least eight African migrants, and possibly as many as 27, died in a new boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a search and rescue organisation said today.
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47 African Migrants Rescued Off Gran Canaria
A Spanish coast guard ship rescued 47 African migrants today from a boat found adrift off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, officials said.
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34 African Migrants Missing After Boat Sinks Off Tunisia
At least 34 African migrants are missing after a new boat sank off Tunisia, a judicial official told Reuters on Friday.
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Spanish Ship Stranded With 73 African Migrants After Italy Refuses Access
The leader of a Spanish rescue mission said on Sunday that Italian authorities had refused to grant port access to its Open Arms ship, leaving the vessel stranded in rough conditions in the Mediterranean with more than 70 African migrants on board.
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Richard Gere Delivers Food To Stranded Migrants Ship in Mediterranean
The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya on Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded.
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3 Teen Migrants Charged By Malta For Hijacking Tanker After Sea Rescue
Three teenage migrants were charged in a Maltese court on Saturday with hijacking a small commercial tanker that had rescued them and others off the coast of Libya.The three, who have pleaded not guilty, were among 108 Africans rescued by the El Hiblu 1 tanker this week.
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Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Scraps African Migrant Relocation Deal With UN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, bowing to right-wing pressure to scrap the deal.
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6 African Migrants Injured In Suspected Racial Shooting In Italy's Macerata
An Italian man opened fire on African migrants in the central city of Macerata on Saturday, injuring six people in the racially motivated attack before he was captured, police said.
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At Least 30 Dead After Boat Carrying Migrants Sinks Off Libya, 200 Rescued
At least 25 migrants died after their boat sank off Libya's western coast on Saturday and survivors were being brought back to port in Tripoli, Libyan coastguard officials said.
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Human Traffickers Throw 300 Migrants Into The Sea, 56 Drown
At least 56 people have drowned over the past 24 hours, and dozens remain missing, after human traffickers forced 300 African migrants off two Yemen-bound boats and into the sea.
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Over 50 African migrants feared dead in Niger's Sahara desert
Over 50 African migrants are feared dead in the Sahara desert of northern Niger after being abandoned by their drivers, aid workers and local officials said on Tuesday.
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Angela Merkel's G20-Africa Meet Aims To Reduce Poverty, Migrant Influx
Today, in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet African leaders with order to address pressing issues facing the African nations including poverty and mass migrant influx to Europe.
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400 Migrants Storm North African Border Fence: Spain
Some 400 migrants from Africa stormed a border fence to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Friday, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.
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More Than 100 Migrants Rescued Off Spain In 1 Day
More than 100 African migrants were saved from the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain on Saturday after attempting the perilous crossing to Europe on a rickety boat, officials said.
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Saudi Stops 31 African Migrants In Red Sea
Saudi maritime patrols have intercepted 31 illegal migrants, mostly from Sudan, trying to reach the kingdom by sea, official media said on today, the latest case in recent weeks.
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8 Dead, Nearly 20 Missing In New Migrant Boat Tragedy Off Libya
At least eight African migrants, and possibly as many as 27, died in a new boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a search and rescue organisation said today.
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47 African Migrants Rescued Off Gran Canaria
A Spanish coast guard ship rescued 47 African migrants today from a boat found adrift off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, officials said.
