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38 Dead, 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Yemen's Aden: Official
Thirty-eight migrants coming from the Horn of Africa were killed after their boat capsized off Yemen's Aden, a local official and witnesses said on Monday.
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86 Migrants From Africa Rescued Off Boat Near Canary Islands
Spain's coastguard said Monday it rescued 86 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa aboard a boat near the Canary Islands that had been spotted earlier in the day by a rescue plane.
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Europe Braces For Over 150,000 Migrant Influx Due To Food Shortage
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East.
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Hundreds Rescued In Mediterranean As Migrant Arrivals In Italy Outpace 2016
Rescuers plucked around 900 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Friday while hundreds more were brought to Sicily, as Italian figures showed far more people are braving the crossing from North Africa this year than last.
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400 Migrants Storm North African Border Fence: Spain
Some 400 migrants from Africa stormed a border fence to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Friday, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.
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Mediterranean Rescuers Save 550 Migrants At Sea, Recover Five Bodies
About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Monday in five operations during which rescuers also recovered five dead bodies, Italy's coast guard said.
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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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Italy Rescues Around 1,100 Migrants In Mediterranean
About 1,100 migrants were rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily on Sunday as they tried to reach Europe, Italy's coastguard said.
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Hungary's Viktor Orban Suspects Left-Wing Plot in Migrant Crisis
The tide of migrants coming to Europe from the Middle East and Africa may be part of a left-wing plot to pack the continent with sympathetic voters, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told a Swiss magazine.
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11 Migrants Drown as Boat Capsizes Off Egypt
Eleven would-be migrants from Syria and Africa drowned when a boat bound for Europe capsized off the Egyptian port of Baltim, security and medical officials said today.
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Refugee Crisis Will Feature at G20 Leaders Summit: Turkey
The unprecedented migrant outflow from the Middle East and North Africa will feature high on the agenda at a summit of the world's top 20 economies in November, a Turkish minister said on Saturday.
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African Migrant Surge Imperils European Union Social Infrastructure: British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
A surge in migrants from Africa threatens the European Union's living standards and social infrastructure, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday, saying the bloc was unable to take in millions of people seeking a new life.
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Italy Reports 3,600 Migrant Rescues in 2 Days
Almost 3,600 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing from Africa to Europe over the past 48 hours, Italy said on Thursday, with sea conditions seen as perfect for attempting the crossing.
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Italy Rescuing More Migrants From Second 'Drifting' Ship
An Icelandic Coast Guard ship was towing a cargo vessel to Italy with about 450 migrants who were abandoned by smugglers, leaving the vessel navigating without a crew, authorities said today.
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Italy to End Sea Rescue Mission That Saved 100,000 Migrants
Italy said on Friday it would close a sea rescue mission that has saved the lives of more than 100,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East, a move one rights group warned could lead to a "surge of deaths" in the Mediterranean.
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38 Dead, 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Yemen's Aden: Official
Thirty-eight migrants coming from the Horn of Africa were killed after their boat capsized off Yemen's Aden, a local official and witnesses said on Monday.
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86 Migrants From Africa Rescued Off Boat Near Canary Islands
Spain's coastguard said Monday it rescued 86 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa aboard a boat near the Canary Islands that had been spotted earlier in the day by a rescue plane.
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Europe Braces For Over 150,000 Migrant Influx Due To Food Shortage
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East.
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Hundreds Rescued In Mediterranean As Migrant Arrivals In Italy Outpace 2016
Rescuers plucked around 900 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Friday while hundreds more were brought to Sicily, as Italian figures showed far more people are braving the crossing from North Africa this year than last.
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400 Migrants Storm North African Border Fence: Spain
Some 400 migrants from Africa stormed a border fence to enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Friday, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.
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Mediterranean Rescuers Save 550 Migrants At Sea, Recover Five Bodies
About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Monday in five operations during which rescuers also recovered five dead bodies, Italy's coast guard said.
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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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Italy Rescues Around 1,100 Migrants In Mediterranean
About 1,100 migrants were rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily on Sunday as they tried to reach Europe, Italy's coastguard said.
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Hungary's Viktor Orban Suspects Left-Wing Plot in Migrant Crisis
The tide of migrants coming to Europe from the Middle East and Africa may be part of a left-wing plot to pack the continent with sympathetic voters, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has told a Swiss magazine.
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11 Migrants Drown as Boat Capsizes Off Egypt
Eleven would-be migrants from Syria and Africa drowned when a boat bound for Europe capsized off the Egyptian port of Baltim, security and medical officials said today.
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Refugee Crisis Will Feature at G20 Leaders Summit: Turkey
The unprecedented migrant outflow from the Middle East and North Africa will feature high on the agenda at a summit of the world's top 20 economies in November, a Turkish minister said on Saturday.
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African Migrant Surge Imperils European Union Social Infrastructure: British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
A surge in migrants from Africa threatens the European Union's living standards and social infrastructure, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday, saying the bloc was unable to take in millions of people seeking a new life.
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Italy Reports 3,600 Migrant Rescues in 2 Days
Almost 3,600 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing from Africa to Europe over the past 48 hours, Italy said on Thursday, with sea conditions seen as perfect for attempting the crossing.
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Italy Rescuing More Migrants From Second 'Drifting' Ship
An Icelandic Coast Guard ship was towing a cargo vessel to Italy with about 450 migrants who were abandoned by smugglers, leaving the vessel navigating without a crew, authorities said today.
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Italy to End Sea Rescue Mission That Saved 100,000 Migrants
Italy said on Friday it would close a sea rescue mission that has saved the lives of more than 100,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East, a move one rights group warned could lead to a "surge of deaths" in the Mediterranean.
