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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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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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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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US Sets Criteria For Visa Applicants From 6 Muslim Countries
The Trump administration will require visa applicants from six predominantly Muslim countries and all refugees to have a close family or business tie to the United States, the Associated Press reported late on Wednesday.
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Revised Executive Order Bans Travelers From Six Muslim-Majority Countries From Getting New Visas
President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas for citizens of six majority-Muslim nations.
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More Than 6,000 Migrants Rescued From Sea In A Single Day, 22 Dead
About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italian and Libyan officials said.
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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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Mediterranean Sea Disasters Swallow Up Over 1,000 Migrants
The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week, mostly as barely seaworthy smuggling boats foundered and sank despite calm seas and sunny skies, a migration agency said Tuesday, citing new accounts from survivors.
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700 Migrants Feared To Have Drowned In Mediterranean This Week: UN Refugee Agency
Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the UN's refugee agency said on Sunday, citing survivor testimony.
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Nearly 1,500 Migrants Rescued Off Libya: Italian Coastguard
Nearly 1,500 migrants, including many women and children, have been rescued in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya over the past two days, the Italian coastguard said Monday.
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UN Refugee Chief Calls For Mass Resettlement To Save Europe's Asylum System
The United Nations refugee chief called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, welcomed an agreement for the European Union's border agency Frontex to boos...
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A Libyan Militia Takes on the Refugee Crisis and Wins - For Now
The dead were laid in rows on the beach so they could be counted. A dozen bodies soon became a hundred. Somewhere off the coast, the dilapidated fishing boat was still bobbing, half-submerged. There would be more victims.
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United Nations Envoy to Libya Proposes Unity Government to End Conflict
The UN envoy for Libya proposed the members of a unity government today aimed at ending years of conflict, but the plan was dismissed by lawmakers in the country's two rival parliaments.
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300 Europe Bound Migrants Arrested in Libya
Libyan authorities said almost 300 migrants, a third of them from Senegal, were arrested today as they prepared to board boats for the Mediterranean crossing to Europe.
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Bodies of 95 Migrants Found Washed Up in Libya: Red Crescent
The bodies of 85 migrants have been found washed up on the coast of Libya, a major departure point for the sea crossing to Europe, the Red Crescent said today.
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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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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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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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US Sets Criteria For Visa Applicants From 6 Muslim Countries
The Trump administration will require visa applicants from six predominantly Muslim countries and all refugees to have a close family or business tie to the United States, the Associated Press reported late on Wednesday.
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Revised Executive Order Bans Travelers From Six Muslim-Majority Countries From Getting New Visas
President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas for citizens of six majority-Muslim nations.
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More Than 6,000 Migrants Rescued From Sea In A Single Day, 22 Dead
About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italian and Libyan officials said.
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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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Mediterranean Sea Disasters Swallow Up Over 1,000 Migrants
The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week, mostly as barely seaworthy smuggling boats foundered and sank despite calm seas and sunny skies, a migration agency said Tuesday, citing new accounts from survivors.
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700 Migrants Feared To Have Drowned In Mediterranean This Week: UN Refugee Agency
Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the UN's refugee agency said on Sunday, citing survivor testimony.
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Nearly 1,500 Migrants Rescued Off Libya: Italian Coastguard
Nearly 1,500 migrants, including many women and children, have been rescued in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya over the past two days, the Italian coastguard said Monday.
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UN Refugee Chief Calls For Mass Resettlement To Save Europe's Asylum System
The United Nations refugee chief called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, welcomed an agreement for the European Union's border agency Frontex to boos...
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A Libyan Militia Takes on the Refugee Crisis and Wins - For Now
The dead were laid in rows on the beach so they could be counted. A dozen bodies soon became a hundred. Somewhere off the coast, the dilapidated fishing boat was still bobbing, half-submerged. There would be more victims.
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United Nations Envoy to Libya Proposes Unity Government to End Conflict
The UN envoy for Libya proposed the members of a unity government today aimed at ending years of conflict, but the plan was dismissed by lawmakers in the country's two rival parliaments.
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300 Europe Bound Migrants Arrested in Libya
Libyan authorities said almost 300 migrants, a third of them from Senegal, were arrested today as they prepared to board boats for the Mediterranean crossing to Europe.
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Bodies of 95 Migrants Found Washed Up in Libya: Red Crescent
The bodies of 85 migrants have been found washed up on the coast of Libya, a major departure point for the sea crossing to Europe, the Red Crescent said today.
