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Over 700 Trying To Cross Mediterranean Rescued This Weekend: Aid Group
Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend, mainly off the coasts of Libya and Malta, a migrant aid group said Sunday.
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Richard Gere Delivers Food To Stranded Migrants Ship in Mediterranean
The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya on Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded.
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Britain's Boris Johnson Urges Turning Back Migrant Vessels To Libya
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Thursday said he favoured turning migrant vessels back towards Libya as a "deterrent" measure that would take the immigration heat off Italy.
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Up to 400 Migrants Died in Boat Capsize Off Libya: Survivors
Up to 400 illegal migrants died after their vessel capsized off the Libyan coast on Sunday, said survivors who were brought to Italy, where tension is mounting over a surge in boat arrivals from North Africa.
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29 Migrants Die of Cold on Italian Coast Guard Boats
Twenty-nine migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast guard vessels on Monday after being picked up from a boat adrift near Libya, reigniting criticism of the government's decision to end a full-scale search-and rescue mission last year.
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Libya Rescues 450 Migrants on Europe-Bound Boats
Libyan naval forces rescued 450 migrants off its coastline early Monday who were aboard a vessel making an illegal journey to Europe on Monday, a naval official said.
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Boats capsize off Libyan coast, 300 dead
Vessels carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Libya in separate incidents over the last two days and more than 300 people were believed to have drowned, an international migration group said on Tuesday.
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Over 700 Trying To Cross Mediterranean Rescued This Weekend: Aid Group
Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend, mainly off the coasts of Libya and Malta, a migrant aid group said Sunday.
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Richard Gere Delivers Food To Stranded Migrants Ship in Mediterranean
The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya on Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded.
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Britain's Boris Johnson Urges Turning Back Migrant Vessels To Libya
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Thursday said he favoured turning migrant vessels back towards Libya as a "deterrent" measure that would take the immigration heat off Italy.
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Up to 400 Migrants Died in Boat Capsize Off Libya: Survivors
Up to 400 illegal migrants died after their vessel capsized off the Libyan coast on Sunday, said survivors who were brought to Italy, where tension is mounting over a surge in boat arrivals from North Africa.
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29 Migrants Die of Cold on Italian Coast Guard Boats
Twenty-nine migrants died of hypothermia aboard Italian coast guard vessels on Monday after being picked up from a boat adrift near Libya, reigniting criticism of the government's decision to end a full-scale search-and rescue mission last year.
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Libya Rescues 450 Migrants on Europe-Bound Boats
Libyan naval forces rescued 450 migrants off its coastline early Monday who were aboard a vessel making an illegal journey to Europe on Monday, a naval official said.
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Boats capsize off Libyan coast, 300 dead
Vessels carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Libya in separate incidents over the last two days and more than 300 people were believed to have drowned, an international migration group said on Tuesday.
