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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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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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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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40 Migrants Feared Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks off Libyan Coast: UNHCR
Up to 40 migrants who were seeking to reach Europe are feared dead after their inflatable dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors interviewed by the UN refugee agency Thursday.
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Francois Hollande Says EU 'Must Act' After Migrant Boat Tragedy
French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for a meeting of EU foreign and interior ministers after the feared drowning of some 700 illegal migrants highlighted a growing crisis in the Mediterranean.
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Tunisia Says 36 Migrants Dead in Latest Mediterranean Shipwreck
The Tunisian coast guard on Saturday recovered the bodies of 21 migrants, most probably Syrians, who drowned when their boat sank in the Mediterranean near the maritime border with Libya, officials said.
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25 refugees found dead on Italy-bound boat
Italian coast guards found 25 dead bodies in the hold of a Libyan refugee boat crammed with 271 passengers that arrived on the southern island of Lampedusa today, local port authorities said.It was not immediately clear how the refugees - all young men - had died. Asphyxiation due to crowded conditions was a possible cause.The corpses were discover...
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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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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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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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40 Migrants Feared Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks off Libyan Coast: UNHCR
Up to 40 migrants who were seeking to reach Europe are feared dead after their inflatable dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors interviewed by the UN refugee agency Thursday.
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Francois Hollande Says EU 'Must Act' After Migrant Boat Tragedy
French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for a meeting of EU foreign and interior ministers after the feared drowning of some 700 illegal migrants highlighted a growing crisis in the Mediterranean.
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Tunisia Says 36 Migrants Dead in Latest Mediterranean Shipwreck
The Tunisian coast guard on Saturday recovered the bodies of 21 migrants, most probably Syrians, who drowned when their boat sank in the Mediterranean near the maritime border with Libya, officials said.
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25 refugees found dead on Italy-bound boat
Italian coast guards found 25 dead bodies in the hold of a Libyan refugee boat crammed with 271 passengers that arrived on the southern island of Lampedusa today, local port authorities said.It was not immediately clear how the refugees - all young men - had died. Asphyxiation due to crowded conditions was a possible cause.The corpses were discover...
