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Over 700 Trying To Cross Mediterranean Rescued This Weekend: Aid Group
Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend, mainly off the coasts of Libya and Malta, a migrant aid group said Sunday.
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Bodies Of Four Children Found At Libya Coast After Migrant Boat Sinks
The Libyan Red Crescent said the bodies of four children aged between five and 10 had washed ashore west of the capital Tripoli on Wednesday after a migrant boat sank.
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At Least 74 Migrants Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: UN
At least 74 migrants died in a "devastating" shipwreck on Thursday off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said, the latest in a spate of migrant vessel sinkings in the central Mediterranean.
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150 Migrants Feared Dead After Worst Mediterranean Shipwreck This Year
The United Nations' refugee agency said Thursday that as many as 150 people are feared dead in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, potentially marking the deadliest migrant disaster in the Mediterranean this year.
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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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Italy Refuses Safe Harbour To Charity Ship Carrying Over A Hundred Migrants
Italy on Monday said it would not offer safe harbour to the 141 people rescued by the humanitarian ship Aquarius off the coast of Libya last week, urging Britain or other European Union allies to take them in.
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Woman, Child Found Dead In Deflated Dinghy Off Libya
Rescuers operating off the coast of Libya discovered the bodies of a small child and woman in a deflated dinghy Tuesday, while a second woman was found alive but suffering from hypothermia and shock, an AFP photographer reported.
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90 Migrants, Mostly Pakistanis, Feared Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: IOM
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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Migrants Once Again Drawn To Deadly Spanish Route To Europe
The number of migrants arriving on Spain's southern coast has more than doubled in 2017 from last year as they avoid passing through conflict-wracked Libya on their way to Europe.
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'Are We Really The Problem?' Ask Aid Groups Saving Migrants
Privately-run aid organisations rescuing migrants off Libya have slammed the idea of creating a "code of conduct" for them to follow, saying European ministers tackling the crisis are bungling their response.
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54 Dead, Some 10,000 Migrants Rescued Off Libya Coast In 4 Days
About 10,000 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya over the previous four days but at least 54 others died, Libyan and Italian officials said Saturday.
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As ISIS Closed In, Officials Raced To Remove Chemical-Weapon Materials
Late last year, as Islamic State fighters battled to expand their stronghold on Libya's coast, militants came within 45 miles of the country's sole remaining chemical-weapons site, unnerving Libyan and American officials who feared that potentially deadly chemicals could fall into extremist hands.
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Italy Rescues 6,500 Migrants From Mediterranean
Some 6,500 migrants were saved off the Libyan coast in 40 separate rescue missions on Monday, the Italian coast guard said on Twitter, in one of the largest influxes of refugees in a single day so far this year.
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Syrian Baby, 5-Year-Old Killed As Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Libya
Two Syrian girls, one of them an eight-month-old baby, are among up to six people who died when a boat carrying would-be migrants to Europe capsized off Libya yesterday, rescuers said.
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Number Of Migrant Bodies Found On Libyan Coast Rises To 133: Red Crescent
The bodies of 133 migrants have washed up on the shore at the western Libyan city of Zuwara in recent days, the Red Crescent said on Sunday.
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Over 700 Trying To Cross Mediterranean Rescued This Weekend: Aid Group
Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend, mainly off the coasts of Libya and Malta, a migrant aid group said Sunday.
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Bodies Of Four Children Found At Libya Coast After Migrant Boat Sinks
The Libyan Red Crescent said the bodies of four children aged between five and 10 had washed ashore west of the capital Tripoli on Wednesday after a migrant boat sank.
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At Least 74 Migrants Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: UN
At least 74 migrants died in a "devastating" shipwreck on Thursday off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said, the latest in a spate of migrant vessel sinkings in the central Mediterranean.
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150 Migrants Feared Dead After Worst Mediterranean Shipwreck This Year
The United Nations' refugee agency said Thursday that as many as 150 people are feared dead in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, potentially marking the deadliest migrant disaster in the Mediterranean this year.
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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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Italy Refuses Safe Harbour To Charity Ship Carrying Over A Hundred Migrants
Italy on Monday said it would not offer safe harbour to the 141 people rescued by the humanitarian ship Aquarius off the coast of Libya last week, urging Britain or other European Union allies to take them in.
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Woman, Child Found Dead In Deflated Dinghy Off Libya
Rescuers operating off the coast of Libya discovered the bodies of a small child and woman in a deflated dinghy Tuesday, while a second woman was found alive but suffering from hypothermia and shock, an AFP photographer reported.
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90 Migrants, Mostly Pakistanis, Feared Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: IOM
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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Migrants Once Again Drawn To Deadly Spanish Route To Europe
The number of migrants arriving on Spain's southern coast has more than doubled in 2017 from last year as they avoid passing through conflict-wracked Libya on their way to Europe.
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'Are We Really The Problem?' Ask Aid Groups Saving Migrants
Privately-run aid organisations rescuing migrants off Libya have slammed the idea of creating a "code of conduct" for them to follow, saying European ministers tackling the crisis are bungling their response.
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54 Dead, Some 10,000 Migrants Rescued Off Libya Coast In 4 Days
About 10,000 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya over the previous four days but at least 54 others died, Libyan and Italian officials said Saturday.
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As ISIS Closed In, Officials Raced To Remove Chemical-Weapon Materials
Late last year, as Islamic State fighters battled to expand their stronghold on Libya's coast, militants came within 45 miles of the country's sole remaining chemical-weapons site, unnerving Libyan and American officials who feared that potentially deadly chemicals could fall into extremist hands.
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Italy Rescues 6,500 Migrants From Mediterranean
Some 6,500 migrants were saved off the Libyan coast in 40 separate rescue missions on Monday, the Italian coast guard said on Twitter, in one of the largest influxes of refugees in a single day so far this year.
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Syrian Baby, 5-Year-Old Killed As Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Libya
Two Syrian girls, one of them an eight-month-old baby, are among up to six people who died when a boat carrying would-be migrants to Europe capsized off Libya yesterday, rescuers said.
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Number Of Migrant Bodies Found On Libyan Coast Rises To 133: Red Crescent
The bodies of 133 migrants have washed up on the shore at the western Libyan city of Zuwara in recent days, the Red Crescent said on Sunday.
