Migrants Die In Shipwreck

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  41 Dead In Migrant Shipwreck Off Italy's Lampedusa Island: Report

  Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, the Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday, citing accounts from survivors who have just reached the Italian island of Lampedusa.

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  16 Migrants Dead In Shipwreck Off Tunisia, Search On For 44 Missing People

  Sixteen migrants have died in shipwrecks off the coasts of Tunisia and Western Sahara, officials said Monday, as North Africa faces a spike in Europe-bound sea crossings.

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  Ex Pakistan Woman Hockey Player Killed In Migrant Shipwreck Off Italy

  Former Pakistan women's hockey player Shahida Raza was among at least 67 people killed on the weekend in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Italy, officials in her home province said.

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  80 Afghan Citizens Killed In Italy Boat Tragedy

  Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.

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  "A Gruesome Sight...": 43 Die In Migrant Shipwreck In Italy

  Forty-three people died while 80 people survived when a boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks near the coast of southern Italy early on Sunday, the Italian coast guard and police said.

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  At Least 74 Migrants Dead In Shipwreck Off Libya: UN

  At least 74 migrants died in a "devastating" shipwreck on Thursday off the Libyan coast, the United Nations said, the latest in a spate of migrant vessel sinkings in the central Mediterranean.

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  UN Agency Raises Toll To 365 From Mediterranean Shipwrecks

  The UN's migration watcher says it now believes 365 people died or are missing and presumed dead from Mediterranean shipwrecks in recent days.

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  UN Says 239 Migrants Die In Two Shipwrecks Off Libya

  At least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations migration agency, said on Thursday.

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  Drowned Migrant Baby Was Probably Somali: Italian Police

  A dead baby plucked out of the sea whose picture caused international outrage this week was probably a six-month-old Somali boy whose mother most likely died in the same shipwreck, Italian authorities said on Wednesday.

• Migrant Sailboat Sinks in Aegean; One Dead, 15 Missing

  One person died and at least 15 were missing in the Aegean sea on Tuesday after a sailboat carrying migrants sank in waters between Turkey and Greece, Greek authorities said.

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  800 Dead After Sunday's Mediterranean Migrant Shipwreck: UN

  The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya on Sunday after speaking to survivors of the disaster.

• Nearly 400 Migrants Travelling From Libya to Italy Drown in Shipwreck: Report

  About 400 migrants died in a shipwreck after leaving Libya in an attempt to reach Italy, Save the Children reported on Tuesday, citing testimony from survivors who were rescued from another boat and brought to an Italian port.

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  21 Dead in Shipwreck Off Haiti Coast: Official

  Twenty-one migrants died after their boat sank off the north coast of Haiti, a senior official said Thursday.

• 14 Die in Shipwreck Near Italy

  At least 14 people were killed and 200 went missing after a boat packed with migrants sank near Italy on Monday, media reported today.

• Around 50 dead in new shipwreck off Sicily: report

  Around 50 migrants, including a dozen children, died on Friday when their boat sank between Malta and Sicily, the Italian news agency Ansa reported.