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Over 60 Migrants Feared Dead Off Libya Coast After Boat Sinks
At least 61 migrants were missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya's coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday, in the latest such tragedy off North Africa.
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On UK Minister's 'Indian Migrants Overstayers' Remark, India's Response
Ms Braverman, the Indian-origin minister who took charge at the Home Office last month, said she had "concerns" over the FTA with India, fearing what she termed as an "open borders" migration policy.
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Doctors Fear Delayed Cancer Diagnosis, Stage Migration Amid COVID-19 Crisis
With people fearing about visits to hospitals amid the coronavirus outbreak, delayed diagnosis of cancer and its stage migration could be a fallout of the current crisis, according to senior oncologists.
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Death Toll Reaches 43 After Migrant Boats Sink Off Djibouti
The death toll after two migrant boats sank in heavy seas off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 43, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday, with scores still feared missing.
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"No More New Documents To Submit," Say People Left Out In Assam List
Fourty-eight-year old Sunil Sarkar, atailor by profession in Dimoria village, about 40 km away from Guwahati, has been anxious ever since Assam released its citizen list. His Bengali-Hindu parents migrated from Sylhet, a city earlier in eastern Pakistan and now in eastern Bangladesh, to Assam's Nagaon in the 1960s over "fears of religious persecuti...
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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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Tamil Nadu Fishermen Buy Into Middle East Dream - With Horrific Results
For six months Tamil Nadu fisherman S. George lived in fear on a boat, thinking he would never see his wife and children again.
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Kairana Lawmaker Hukum Singh Meets Home Minister Rajnath Singh
BJP lawmaker Hukum Singh, who had stoked a controversy by claiming that many Hindus had migrated from Muslim-dominated Kairana in western Uttar Pradesh due to fear, today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to apprise him of the law and order situation in the state.
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Record 65 Million People Displaced Worldwide: United Nations
The number of refugees and others fleeing their homes worldwide has hit a new record, spiking to 65.3 million people by the end of 2015, the United Nations said today.
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Archbishop Of Canterbury Justin Welby Says Migration Fears Are Valid
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the leader of the world's Anglicans, said today that people were entitled to fear the impact of mass migration, in his first intervention in Britain's EU referendum debate.
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Eritrea Won't Shorten National Service Despite Migration Fears
Eritrea is not prepared to stop forcing its youth into lengthy stretches of work as soldiers and civil servants, a conscription policy that is driving waves of refugees to make the perilous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
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Asylum-Seekers In Sweden Fear Refugee Shelter Is Haunted
Sweden's migration agency says 35 asylum-seekers have asked to be relocated from a refugee center because they believe it's haunted by ghosts.
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Terrorism, Migration in Focus as Denmark Votes on European Union Opt-Out
Eurosceptic Denmark goes to the polls on Thursday in a referendum on stepping up its participation in EU police and judicial cooperation, with the outcome uncertain amid fears ranging from terrorist attacks to the migrant crisis.
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40 Migrants Feared Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks off Libyan Coast: UNHCR
Up to 40 migrants who were seeking to reach Europe are feared dead after their inflatable dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors interviewed by the UN refugee agency Thursday.
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As Many As 700 Migrants Feared Drowned in Mediterranean
More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in the latest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday.
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Over 60 Migrants Feared Dead Off Libya Coast After Boat Sinks
At least 61 migrants were missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya's coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday, in the latest such tragedy off North Africa.
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On UK Minister's 'Indian Migrants Overstayers' Remark, India's Response
Ms Braverman, the Indian-origin minister who took charge at the Home Office last month, said she had "concerns" over the FTA with India, fearing what she termed as an "open borders" migration policy.
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Doctors Fear Delayed Cancer Diagnosis, Stage Migration Amid COVID-19 Crisis
With people fearing about visits to hospitals amid the coronavirus outbreak, delayed diagnosis of cancer and its stage migration could be a fallout of the current crisis, according to senior oncologists.
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Death Toll Reaches 43 After Migrant Boats Sink Off Djibouti
The death toll after two migrant boats sank in heavy seas off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 43, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday, with scores still feared missing.
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"No More New Documents To Submit," Say People Left Out In Assam List
Fourty-eight-year old Sunil Sarkar, atailor by profession in Dimoria village, about 40 km away from Guwahati, has been anxious ever since Assam released its citizen list. His Bengali-Hindu parents migrated from Sylhet, a city earlier in eastern Pakistan and now in eastern Bangladesh, to Assam's Nagaon in the 1960s over "fears of religious persecuti...
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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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Tamil Nadu Fishermen Buy Into Middle East Dream - With Horrific Results
For six months Tamil Nadu fisherman S. George lived in fear on a boat, thinking he would never see his wife and children again.
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Kairana Lawmaker Hukum Singh Meets Home Minister Rajnath Singh
BJP lawmaker Hukum Singh, who had stoked a controversy by claiming that many Hindus had migrated from Muslim-dominated Kairana in western Uttar Pradesh due to fear, today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to apprise him of the law and order situation in the state.
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Record 65 Million People Displaced Worldwide: United Nations
The number of refugees and others fleeing their homes worldwide has hit a new record, spiking to 65.3 million people by the end of 2015, the United Nations said today.
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Archbishop Of Canterbury Justin Welby Says Migration Fears Are Valid
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the leader of the world's Anglicans, said today that people were entitled to fear the impact of mass migration, in his first intervention in Britain's EU referendum debate.
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Eritrea Won't Shorten National Service Despite Migration Fears
Eritrea is not prepared to stop forcing its youth into lengthy stretches of work as soldiers and civil servants, a conscription policy that is driving waves of refugees to make the perilous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
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Asylum-Seekers In Sweden Fear Refugee Shelter Is Haunted
Sweden's migration agency says 35 asylum-seekers have asked to be relocated from a refugee center because they believe it's haunted by ghosts.
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Terrorism, Migration in Focus as Denmark Votes on European Union Opt-Out
Eurosceptic Denmark goes to the polls on Thursday in a referendum on stepping up its participation in EU police and judicial cooperation, with the outcome uncertain amid fears ranging from terrorist attacks to the migrant crisis.
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40 Migrants Feared Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks off Libyan Coast: UNHCR
Up to 40 migrants who were seeking to reach Europe are feared dead after their inflatable dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, according to survivors interviewed by the UN refugee agency Thursday.
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As Many As 700 Migrants Feared Drowned in Mediterranean
More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in the latest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday.
