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"Want To Go Home To My Mother": Teen Migrant Abandoned In Texas Rescued
An 18-year-old Mexican migrant breaks down in tears as the sheriff comes to his rescue, abandoned by smugglers who left him behind due to his inability.
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Indian Migrant Workers Used As "Gold Mules" By Singapore Smugglers: Report
Smugglers in Singapore have been approaching Indian migrant workers flying home via Changi Airport to act as 'gold mules' by carrying jewellery in exchange for a fee, according to a media report on Sunday.
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8 Killed In US Car Collision As Police Chased Alleged Migrant Smuggler
Eight people, several of them from Honduras, were killed Wednesday in a two-car collision in the southern US state of Texas involving an alleged migrant smuggler attempting to evade arrest, officials said.
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59 Migrants, Including 11 Children, Dead After Boast Sinks Off Italy Coast
Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces.
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UK's Suella Braverman Vows Action After "Terrible Tragedy" Of Migrant Deaths
Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Wednesday pledged to work hard to destroy the business model of "people smugglers" after the deaths of four migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to reach the UK border illegally in a small boat
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US Opens Probe As 51 Migrants Die In Sweltering Truck
The death count of undocumented migrants who were abandoned in a scorching-hot trailer in Texas rose to 51 Tuesday, as President Joe Biden blamed "criminal" professional smugglers for the tragedy.
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Flights, Fake Passports, Lawyers: $5000 "VIP Packages" Enticing Vietnamese To UK
For up to $50,000, Vietnamese migrants can get the "VIP package" to Britain -- flight, fake passport and even a lawyer -- illegal, but billed as safer than cheaper overland routes by people smugglers who provide a menu of options for those trying to reach the UK.
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90 Migrants, Mostly Pakistanis, Feared Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: IOM
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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4-Day-Old Baby Rescued In The Mediterranean By Humanitarian Ship
The baby was travelling on one of two rubber boats carrying over 200 migrants and seen drifting some 22 nautical miles north of the Libyan town of Sabratha, the most frequently used departure point currently used by people smugglers in Libya.
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Italy Trying Wrong Man, People-Trafficking 'Kingpin' Says On Facebook
An Eritrean suspected of heading of a major migrant smuggling organisation has written on Facebook that he remains at large and that Italy is trying an innocent man in his place, according to a media report.
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More Than 2,000 Migrants Rescued At Sea: Italy Coast Guard
Ship crews pulled more than 2,000 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean on Friday, Italy's coastguard said, as people smugglers stepped up operations during two consecutive days of good weather.
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Turkey Confirms 1,734 Migrants, 16 Smugglers Detained In Operation
A total of 1,734 migrants and 16 people smugglers were detained by Turkish coastguard and gendarmerie in an operation on Friday, security forces said in a statement, part of a massive sweep to stop refugees reaching the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Smugglers Prey On Migrants Desperate To Find Back Doors to Europe
Shortly after landing on the Greek island of Lesbos in a waterlogged dinghy from Turkey, Rahin Salami, an Afghan citizen hoping to reach Germany, boarded a ferry for the port of Piraeus, near Athens. Halfway through the ride, he later recounted, a man in a black jacket approached.
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Syrians At Mercy Of Greedy Smugglers After Turkey's Border Closure
After a harrowing 15-hour journey by minibus, dodging gunfire and explosions, a group of Syrian refugees reached a village near Turkey, desperate to cross the recently shut border into safety.
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2 Alleged Human Smugglers On Trial Over Aylan Kurdi's Death
Two alleged people-smugglers went on trial in Turkey today accused of causing the death of 3-year-old Syrian migrant boy Aylan Kurdi - who put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis - and four other people.
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"Want To Go Home To My Mother": Teen Migrant Abandoned In Texas Rescued
An 18-year-old Mexican migrant breaks down in tears as the sheriff comes to his rescue, abandoned by smugglers who left him behind due to his inability.
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Indian Migrant Workers Used As "Gold Mules" By Singapore Smugglers: Report
Smugglers in Singapore have been approaching Indian migrant workers flying home via Changi Airport to act as 'gold mules' by carrying jewellery in exchange for a fee, according to a media report on Sunday.
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8 Killed In US Car Collision As Police Chased Alleged Migrant Smuggler
Eight people, several of them from Honduras, were killed Wednesday in a two-car collision in the southern US state of Texas involving an alleged migrant smuggler attempting to evade arrest, officials said.
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59 Migrants, Including 11 Children, Dead After Boast Sinks Off Italy Coast
Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces.
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UK's Suella Braverman Vows Action After "Terrible Tragedy" Of Migrant Deaths
Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Wednesday pledged to work hard to destroy the business model of "people smugglers" after the deaths of four migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to reach the UK border illegally in a small boat
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US Opens Probe As 51 Migrants Die In Sweltering Truck
The death count of undocumented migrants who were abandoned in a scorching-hot trailer in Texas rose to 51 Tuesday, as President Joe Biden blamed "criminal" professional smugglers for the tragedy.
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Flights, Fake Passports, Lawyers: $5000 "VIP Packages" Enticing Vietnamese To UK
For up to $50,000, Vietnamese migrants can get the "VIP package" to Britain -- flight, fake passport and even a lawyer -- illegal, but billed as safer than cheaper overland routes by people smugglers who provide a menu of options for those trying to reach the UK.
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90 Migrants, Mostly Pakistanis, Feared Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: IOM
An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler's boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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4-Day-Old Baby Rescued In The Mediterranean By Humanitarian Ship
The baby was travelling on one of two rubber boats carrying over 200 migrants and seen drifting some 22 nautical miles north of the Libyan town of Sabratha, the most frequently used departure point currently used by people smugglers in Libya.
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Italy Trying Wrong Man, People-Trafficking 'Kingpin' Says On Facebook
An Eritrean suspected of heading of a major migrant smuggling organisation has written on Facebook that he remains at large and that Italy is trying an innocent man in his place, according to a media report.
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More Than 2,000 Migrants Rescued At Sea: Italy Coast Guard
Ship crews pulled more than 2,000 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean on Friday, Italy's coastguard said, as people smugglers stepped up operations during two consecutive days of good weather.
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Turkey Confirms 1,734 Migrants, 16 Smugglers Detained In Operation
A total of 1,734 migrants and 16 people smugglers were detained by Turkish coastguard and gendarmerie in an operation on Friday, security forces said in a statement, part of a massive sweep to stop refugees reaching the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Smugglers Prey On Migrants Desperate To Find Back Doors to Europe
Shortly after landing on the Greek island of Lesbos in a waterlogged dinghy from Turkey, Rahin Salami, an Afghan citizen hoping to reach Germany, boarded a ferry for the port of Piraeus, near Athens. Halfway through the ride, he later recounted, a man in a black jacket approached.
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Syrians At Mercy Of Greedy Smugglers After Turkey's Border Closure
After a harrowing 15-hour journey by minibus, dodging gunfire and explosions, a group of Syrian refugees reached a village near Turkey, desperate to cross the recently shut border into safety.
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2 Alleged Human Smugglers On Trial Over Aylan Kurdi's Death
Two alleged people-smugglers went on trial in Turkey today accused of causing the death of 3-year-old Syrian migrant boy Aylan Kurdi - who put a human face on the Syrian refugee crisis - and four other people.
