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300 Pakistanis Feared Dead In Greece Boat Tragedy, 10 Traffickers Arrested
Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek coast.
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At least 78 Killed After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece Coast
Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, as police arrested nine suspected people smugglers.
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59 Migrants Die As Ship Overturns Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard said 59 migrants died early Wednesday after their boat capsized and sank off the Peloponnese, while around 100 others were rescued.
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Rescue Underway Of Boat With 400-500 Migrants On Board Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard on Tuesday was rescuing a fishing boat with up to 500 migrants onboard in strong winds southwest of Crete, a spokeswoman told AFP.
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50 Missing As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece: Report
Up to 50 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told AFP Wednesday.
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11 Dead As Ship Carrying Migrants Sinks Off Greece Coast
The death count from a migrant boat sinking off Greece rose to 11 on Friday, as scores of others, including dozens of children, were rescued, the coastguard said.
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1 Dead, 6 Missing After Migrant Boat Overturns Off Greece
A search and rescue operation was underway off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos today, after a boat carrying migrants overturned, leaving a child dead and six people missing.
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Hundreds Missing Off Greece In New Migrant Sinking
Greek rescuers were searching for survivors on Friday after a migrant boat sank off the island of Crete, leaving at least nine people dead and hundreds missing.
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4 Dead, 340 Migrants Rescued As Boat Capsizes South Of Crete In Greece
Four bodies were recovered and 340 people rescued Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying a "significant number" of people in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete, authorities said.
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At Least 700 People On Board Capsized Boat Off Greece
At least 700 migrants were believed to be on board a boat that capsized off the Greek island of Crete Friday, with hundreds still missing, the International Organization for Migration said.
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18 Dead As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkey: Official
At least 18 migrants died on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, a Turkish official said.
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Greeks At Frontline Of Migrant Crisis Angry At Europe's Criticism
Greek Captain Argyris Frangoulis lifts his binoculars and with eyes fixed on the Aegean Sea horizon, steers his patrol boat out near the Turkish border to a dinghy full of stranded refugees.
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At Least 11 Migrants Drown Off Turkey: Report
At least 11 migrants drowned on Monday when their boat sank in the Aegean while they tried to cross from Turkey to Greece, local media said.
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Rough Seas, Harsh Winter, Border Limits Add To Migrant Woes
Rasul Orwani thought he had faced the worst after braving cold, rough seas in a rickety wooden boat to travel from Turkey to Greece, and then came the Balkans.
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33 Greece Bound Migrants Drown Off Turkey: Report
Turkish coastguard officials recovered the bodies of women and children washed up on a beach today after yet another migrant boat trying to reach Europe sank, leaving up to 33 dead, according to local media.
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300 Pakistanis Feared Dead In Greece Boat Tragedy, 10 Traffickers Arrested
Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek coast.
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At least 78 Killed After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece Coast
Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, as police arrested nine suspected people smugglers.
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59 Migrants Die As Ship Overturns Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard said 59 migrants died early Wednesday after their boat capsized and sank off the Peloponnese, while around 100 others were rescued.
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Rescue Underway Of Boat With 400-500 Migrants On Board Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard on Tuesday was rescuing a fishing boat with up to 500 migrants onboard in strong winds southwest of Crete, a spokeswoman told AFP.
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50 Missing As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece: Report
Up to 50 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told AFP Wednesday.
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11 Dead As Ship Carrying Migrants Sinks Off Greece Coast
The death count from a migrant boat sinking off Greece rose to 11 on Friday, as scores of others, including dozens of children, were rescued, the coastguard said.
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1 Dead, 6 Missing After Migrant Boat Overturns Off Greece
A search and rescue operation was underway off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos today, after a boat carrying migrants overturned, leaving a child dead and six people missing.
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Hundreds Missing Off Greece In New Migrant Sinking
Greek rescuers were searching for survivors on Friday after a migrant boat sank off the island of Crete, leaving at least nine people dead and hundreds missing.
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4 Dead, 340 Migrants Rescued As Boat Capsizes South Of Crete In Greece
Four bodies were recovered and 340 people rescued Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying a "significant number" of people in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete, authorities said.
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At Least 700 People On Board Capsized Boat Off Greece
At least 700 migrants were believed to be on board a boat that capsized off the Greek island of Crete Friday, with hundreds still missing, the International Organization for Migration said.
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18 Dead As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkey: Official
At least 18 migrants died on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, a Turkish official said.
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Greeks At Frontline Of Migrant Crisis Angry At Europe's Criticism
Greek Captain Argyris Frangoulis lifts his binoculars and with eyes fixed on the Aegean Sea horizon, steers his patrol boat out near the Turkish border to a dinghy full of stranded refugees.
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At Least 11 Migrants Drown Off Turkey: Report
At least 11 migrants drowned on Monday when their boat sank in the Aegean while they tried to cross from Turkey to Greece, local media said.
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Rough Seas, Harsh Winter, Border Limits Add To Migrant Woes
Rasul Orwani thought he had faced the worst after braving cold, rough seas in a rickety wooden boat to travel from Turkey to Greece, and then came the Balkans.
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33 Greece Bound Migrants Drown Off Turkey: Report
Turkish coastguard officials recovered the bodies of women and children washed up on a beach today after yet another migrant boat trying to reach Europe sank, leaving up to 33 dead, according to local media.
