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Death Toll Reaches 43 After Migrant Boats Sink Off Djibouti
The death toll after two migrant boats sank in heavy seas off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 43, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday, with scores still feared missing.
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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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5 More Indonesian Bodies Wash Ashore In Malaysia After Boat Tragedy
Five more bodies believed to be those of illegal Indonesian migrants were found in Malaysia on Wednesday following a boat tragedy, raising the death toll to 18, police said.
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Amnesty International Raps European Union's 'Inertia' on Migrant Deaths Off Greece
Amnesty International on Monday criticised Europe's failure to stop migrant deaths in the Aegean Sea as the death toll from ramshackle boats sinking off Greece rises daily.
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Berlin Backs Athens Over Migrant Influx as Boat Toll Rises
Germany on Thursday pledged to support Greece in dealing with the "extraordinary burden" of migrants landing on its shores every day, as the death toll from the latest boat sinkings rose to 27.
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Babies, Children Drown as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Greek Island
Thirty-four refugees, almost half of them babies and children, drowned when their boat sank off a Greek island on Sunday, almost certainly the largest death toll in those waters since the migrant crisis began, the coastguard said.
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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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Indonesia Migrant Boat Death Toll Rises to 61
Sixty-one bodies have been recovered from an overloaded wooden boat which sank on Thursday off Malaysia carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants, maritime officials said.
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Search Ramps Up as Toll in Malaysia Boat Tragedy Hits 15
Malaysian authorities today stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian coastguard said.
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Boat Packed With Migrants Sinks Off Libya; Up to 200 Feared Dead
A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said up to 200 might have died.
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Italy Finds Six More Dead Migrants, Adding to Weekend Death Toll
Italy's search and rescue services have found six more bodies in the Mediterranean to add to the death toll of 19 over the weekend, the navy said on Monday, with no let-up in the record numbers risking the perilous crossing to Europe from Africa.
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Death Toll in Aegean Migrant Boat Shipwreck Raised to Four
Greece's coastguard on Sunday said four people had been confirmed drowned in the latest boat sinking in the Aegean Sea, while around 100 migrants had been rescued in other incidents.
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Death Toll Rises to 15 in Twin Malaysian Boat Accidents
Malaysian authorities said Friday a 15th body was found and 27 people remain missing from two boat accidents, at a time when Indonesian illegal migrant workers head home for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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Italy migrant boat confirmed death toll reaches 194
Italian search teams have recovered 194 bodies after a migrant boat sank off the southern island of Lampedusa last week, with divers working to bring up as many as possible from the wreck ahead of expected bad weather, officials said on Monday.
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Death Toll Reaches 43 After Migrant Boats Sink Off Djibouti
The death toll after two migrant boats sank in heavy seas off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 43, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday, with scores still feared missing.
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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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5 More Indonesian Bodies Wash Ashore In Malaysia After Boat Tragedy
Five more bodies believed to be those of illegal Indonesian migrants were found in Malaysia on Wednesday following a boat tragedy, raising the death toll to 18, police said.
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Amnesty International Raps European Union's 'Inertia' on Migrant Deaths Off Greece
Amnesty International on Monday criticised Europe's failure to stop migrant deaths in the Aegean Sea as the death toll from ramshackle boats sinking off Greece rises daily.
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Berlin Backs Athens Over Migrant Influx as Boat Toll Rises
Germany on Thursday pledged to support Greece in dealing with the "extraordinary burden" of migrants landing on its shores every day, as the death toll from the latest boat sinkings rose to 27.
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Babies, Children Drown as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Greek Island
Thirty-four refugees, almost half of them babies and children, drowned when their boat sank off a Greek island on Sunday, almost certainly the largest death toll in those waters since the migrant crisis began, the coastguard said.
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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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Indonesia Migrant Boat Death Toll Rises to 61
Sixty-one bodies have been recovered from an overloaded wooden boat which sank on Thursday off Malaysia carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants, maritime officials said.
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Search Ramps Up as Toll in Malaysia Boat Tragedy Hits 15
Malaysian authorities today stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian coastguard said.
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Boat Packed With Migrants Sinks Off Libya; Up to 200 Feared Dead
A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said up to 200 might have died.
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Italy Finds Six More Dead Migrants, Adding to Weekend Death Toll
Italy's search and rescue services have found six more bodies in the Mediterranean to add to the death toll of 19 over the weekend, the navy said on Monday, with no let-up in the record numbers risking the perilous crossing to Europe from Africa.
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Death Toll in Aegean Migrant Boat Shipwreck Raised to Four
Greece's coastguard on Sunday said four people had been confirmed drowned in the latest boat sinking in the Aegean Sea, while around 100 migrants had been rescued in other incidents.
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Death Toll Rises to 15 in Twin Malaysian Boat Accidents
Malaysian authorities said Friday a 15th body was found and 27 people remain missing from two boat accidents, at a time when Indonesian illegal migrant workers head home for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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Italy migrant boat confirmed death toll reaches 194
Italian search teams have recovered 194 bodies after a migrant boat sank off the southern island of Lampedusa last week, with divers working to bring up as many as possible from the wreck ahead of expected bad weather, officials said on Monday.
