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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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34 Migrants Drown As Boat Capsizes Off East Africa's Djibouti: Officials
Thirty-four migrants have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the second such accident in just over a month.
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Boat Sinks Off Indonesian Island Killing 17, Says Disaster Agency
A speedboat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia sank off an Indonesian island on Wednesday, killing 17 of them, Indonesia's national disaster agency said.
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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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Syrian Man Unsure Of Future After Dramatic Rescue From Sinking Boat
A Syrian man saved in a dramatic rescue operation following a migrant boat accident says his goal was to reach Germany but now he is unsure of his future.
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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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18 Migrants Drown As Boat Sinks In The Aegean Sea: Reports
Eighteen people drowned overnight when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea as it was heading for the Greek island of Kalymnos, Turkish media reported earlier today.
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28 Refugees Drown Off Greek Island
Twenty eight refugees drowned off a Greek island on Sunday when their boat sank, the coastguard said, thought to be the largest recorded death toll from any single accident in Greek waters since the refugee crisis began.
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Toll Rises to 50 in Malaysian Migrant Boat Accident, Survivor Found
Malaysian rescuers have recovered the bodies of 35 more Indonesian migrants killed when their boat sank three days ago, along with another survivor, taking the toll in the disaster to 50, officials said Sunday.
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Dreams of Drowning: Italy Struggles to Help Traumatised Migrants
The sensation of drowning, short-term memory loss, insomnia and suicidal tendencies: they may have made it safely to Italy, but many asylum seekers are plagued by symptoms of trauma and the psychological help they need is in short supply.
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Migrant Boat Sinks Off Libyan Coast, Kills At Least 37: Official
A boat carrying migrants sank off Libya's Mediterranean coast, killing at least 37 people, a local official said on Sunday, the second such fatal accident within days.
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More Than 200 Feared Dead in Mediterranean Migrant Boat Tragedy
Hopes faded of finding survivors today from the sinking of a boat in which an estimated 200 migrants were feared drowned, as rescue ships were called to the aid of more migrant boats in the same area of the Mediterranean.
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Senior Thai Army Officer Wanted in Migrant Trafficking Probe
Thai authorities Tuesday said an arrest warrant has been issued for a high-ranking army officer over human trafficking, the first military figure in junta-ruled Thailand to be implicated in the grim trade in migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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Migrant Shipwreck Survivors Arrested as UN Says 800 Dead
Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, as the UN said 800 people were killed in the Mediterranean's worst migrant disaster.
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Prime Minister Matteo Renzi Says Italy, Malta Rescuing Two Migrant Boats in Mediterranean
Italy and Malta are working to rescue two migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday, after hundreds were feared dead in a shipwreck over the weekend.
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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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34 Migrants Drown As Boat Capsizes Off East Africa's Djibouti: Officials
Thirty-four migrants have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the second such accident in just over a month.
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Boat Sinks Off Indonesian Island Killing 17, Says Disaster Agency
A speedboat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia sank off an Indonesian island on Wednesday, killing 17 of them, Indonesia's national disaster agency said.
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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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Syrian Man Unsure Of Future After Dramatic Rescue From Sinking Boat
A Syrian man saved in a dramatic rescue operation following a migrant boat accident says his goal was to reach Germany but now he is unsure of his future.
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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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18 Migrants Drown As Boat Sinks In The Aegean Sea: Reports
Eighteen people drowned overnight when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea as it was heading for the Greek island of Kalymnos, Turkish media reported earlier today.
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28 Refugees Drown Off Greek Island
Twenty eight refugees drowned off a Greek island on Sunday when their boat sank, the coastguard said, thought to be the largest recorded death toll from any single accident in Greek waters since the refugee crisis began.
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Toll Rises to 50 in Malaysian Migrant Boat Accident, Survivor Found
Malaysian rescuers have recovered the bodies of 35 more Indonesian migrants killed when their boat sank three days ago, along with another survivor, taking the toll in the disaster to 50, officials said Sunday.
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Dreams of Drowning: Italy Struggles to Help Traumatised Migrants
The sensation of drowning, short-term memory loss, insomnia and suicidal tendencies: they may have made it safely to Italy, but many asylum seekers are plagued by symptoms of trauma and the psychological help they need is in short supply.
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Migrant Boat Sinks Off Libyan Coast, Kills At Least 37: Official
A boat carrying migrants sank off Libya's Mediterranean coast, killing at least 37 people, a local official said on Sunday, the second such fatal accident within days.
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More Than 200 Feared Dead in Mediterranean Migrant Boat Tragedy
Hopes faded of finding survivors today from the sinking of a boat in which an estimated 200 migrants were feared drowned, as rescue ships were called to the aid of more migrant boats in the same area of the Mediterranean.
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Senior Thai Army Officer Wanted in Migrant Trafficking Probe
Thai authorities Tuesday said an arrest warrant has been issued for a high-ranking army officer over human trafficking, the first military figure in junta-ruled Thailand to be implicated in the grim trade in migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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Migrant Shipwreck Survivors Arrested as UN Says 800 Dead
Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, as the UN said 800 people were killed in the Mediterranean's worst migrant disaster.
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Prime Minister Matteo Renzi Says Italy, Malta Rescuing Two Migrant Boats in Mediterranean
Italy and Malta are working to rescue two migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday, after hundreds were feared dead in a shipwreck over the weekend.
