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43 Migrants Drown In Shipwreck Off Tunisia
At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy.
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Nearly 100 Migrants "Still Floating In Mediterranean, Risk Drowning": UN
Libya Migrants: Around 100 migrants fleeing war-ravaged Libya have run into difficulty in the Mediterranean and could drown, the UN said Monday, urging a rapid rescue.
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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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Bodies Of 74 Migrants Wash Up On Libya Beach
The bodies of 74 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe have washed up on a beach west of the Libyan capital, the Red Crescent said Tuesday.
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Around 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
Around 100 people are missing feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, citing testimony from 27 survivors.
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700 Migrants Feared To Have Drowned In Mediterranean This Week: UN Refugee Agency
Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the UN's refugee agency said on Sunday, citing survivor testimony.
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Italy Arrests North African Traffickers Over Migrant Ship Deaths
Italy arrested five North African men today on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the presumed drowning of more than 200 people, saying they used clubs and knives against migrants.
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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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Mediterranean Shipwreck Crew Won't Face Kidnapping Charge
Two smugglers arrested over the deaths of hundreds drowned in the Mediterranean's most deadly shipwreck in decades will not be charged with kidnapping because assertions that migrants had been locked below deck had proved wrong, an Italian prosecutor said on Tuesday.
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40 Migrants Reported Drowned in Mediterranean: Save the Children
Around forty migrants died in the Mediterranean on Sunday, according to survivors of the journey who arrived on the southern Italian island of Sicily on Tuesday, local Save the Children spokeswoman Giovanna Di Benedetto said.
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European Union Leaders Call for Emergency Talks After 700 Migrants Drown Off Libya
As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight in what officials said may be the Mediterranean's worst disaster as thousands flee poverty and war to Europe.
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European Union to Hold Urgent Meeting After 'Unacceptable' Migrant Disaster
The European Union today called an emergency meeting of ministers to discuss what the top EU diplomat said was the "unacceptable" tragedy of up to 700 people feared drowned in the latest Mediterranean migrant shipwreck.
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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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Tunisia Says 36 Migrants Dead in Latest Mediterranean Shipwreck
The Tunisian coast guard on Saturday recovered the bodies of 21 migrants, most probably Syrians, who drowned when their boat sank in the Mediterranean near the maritime border with Libya, officials 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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43 Migrants Drown In Shipwreck Off Tunisia
At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy.
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Nearly 100 Migrants "Still Floating In Mediterranean, Risk Drowning": UN
Libya Migrants: Around 100 migrants fleeing war-ravaged Libya have run into difficulty in the Mediterranean and could drown, the UN said Monday, urging a rapid rescue.
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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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Bodies Of 74 Migrants Wash Up On Libya Beach
The bodies of 74 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe have washed up on a beach west of the Libyan capital, the Red Crescent said Tuesday.
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Around 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
Around 100 people are missing feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, citing testimony from 27 survivors.
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700 Migrants Feared To Have Drowned In Mediterranean This Week: UN Refugee Agency
Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the UN's refugee agency said on Sunday, citing survivor testimony.
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Italy Arrests North African Traffickers Over Migrant Ship Deaths
Italy arrested five North African men today on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the presumed drowning of more than 200 people, saying they used clubs and knives against migrants.
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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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Mediterranean Shipwreck Crew Won't Face Kidnapping Charge
Two smugglers arrested over the deaths of hundreds drowned in the Mediterranean's most deadly shipwreck in decades will not be charged with kidnapping because assertions that migrants had been locked below deck had proved wrong, an Italian prosecutor said on Tuesday.
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40 Migrants Reported Drowned in Mediterranean: Save the Children
Around forty migrants died in the Mediterranean on Sunday, according to survivors of the journey who arrived on the southern Italian island of Sicily on Tuesday, local Save the Children spokeswoman Giovanna Di Benedetto said.
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European Union Leaders Call for Emergency Talks After 700 Migrants Drown Off Libya
As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight in what officials said may be the Mediterranean's worst disaster as thousands flee poverty and war to Europe.
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European Union to Hold Urgent Meeting After 'Unacceptable' Migrant Disaster
The European Union today called an emergency meeting of ministers to discuss what the top EU diplomat said was the "unacceptable" tragedy of up to 700 people feared drowned in the latest Mediterranean migrant shipwreck.
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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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Tunisia Says 36 Migrants Dead in Latest Mediterranean Shipwreck
The Tunisian coast guard on Saturday recovered the bodies of 21 migrants, most probably Syrians, who drowned when their boat sank in the Mediterranean near the maritime border with Libya, officials 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.
