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Turkish Court Jails 2 Syrians Over Drowning Of Toddler Aylan Kurdi: Media
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including toddler Aylan Kurdi, the image of whose dead body sparked global sympathy last September over the fate of migrants, Dogan news agency said.
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Migrant Woman, Baby And Child Drown Trying to Reach Greece
A woman, a young girl and a baby have died after a boat carrying migrants and refugees to the Greek island of Lesbos sank, the ministry of shipping said Wednesday.
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Thousands More Migrants Pour into Austria as 13 Drown Off Turkey
Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday as at least 13 desperate refugees drowned making the perilous trip to Europe in search of a better life.
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Boat Capsizes in Aegean Sea, 22 Migrants Dead
22 migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos today, local media said.
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Islamic State Uses Images of Drowned Toddler to Warn Refugees
The jihadist Islamic State group has used the shocking image of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi to warn refugees against trying to flee to the West, calling it a "major sin".
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Europe Tracks Army of 30,000 Migrant Smugglers
With the world still reeling from images of a drowned Syrian boy, European authorities say it is their top priority to fight an army of an estimated 30,000 people-smuggling suspects blamed for such tragedies.
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Toddler's Drowning Sparks Surge of Donations Across Europe
Charities helping refugees saw a surge in donations Friday across Europe as people shocked by the heart-rending images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out.
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Photographer of Drowned Syrian Toddler Was 'Petrified'
The photographer who shot the heart-wrenching picture showing a Syrian toddler's lifeless body washed ashore Turkey's Aegean coast said she was "petrified", the media reported.
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Let This be the Last, Says Broken Father of 3-Year-Old Who Drowned
Migrants forced from a train in Hungary scuffled with helmeted riot police and some clung to railway tracks on Thursday, as politicians across Europe struggled to respond to public opinion appalled by images of a drowned 3-year-old boy.
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EU Ministers to Meet on Migrant Crisis as Drowned Boy's Father Speaks
European Union foreign ministers were set to meet today to discuss the continent's escalating migrant crisis, after the father of a Syrian toddler found dead on a beach spoke of how his children "slipped through my hands" as their boat sank.
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Dreams of Drowning: Italy Struggles to Help Traumatised Migrants
The sensation of drowning, short-term memory loss, insomnia and suicidal tendencies: they may have made it safely to Italy, but many asylum seekers are plagued by symptoms of trauma and the psychological help they need is in short supply.
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'My Children Slipped Through My Hands': Father of Drowned Syrian Boy
The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach, an image that shocked the world, said today his children "slipped through my hands" as their boat was taking in water en route to Greece.
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French PM Urges Action After Images of Dead Migrant Toddler
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a Turkish beach showed the need for urgent action by Europe to address the migrant crisis.
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Toddler's Body Washes Up on Turkish Beach After 12 Syrian Migrants Drown
An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday, after at least 12 presumed Syrian refugees died trying to reach the Greek island of Kos.
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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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Turkish Court Jails 2 Syrians Over Drowning Of Toddler Aylan Kurdi: Media
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including toddler Aylan Kurdi, the image of whose dead body sparked global sympathy last September over the fate of migrants, Dogan news agency said.
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Migrant Woman, Baby And Child Drown Trying to Reach Greece
A woman, a young girl and a baby have died after a boat carrying migrants and refugees to the Greek island of Lesbos sank, the ministry of shipping said Wednesday.
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Thousands More Migrants Pour into Austria as 13 Drown Off Turkey
Crowded aboard buses and trains, thousands more migrants flooded into Austria on Sunday as at least 13 desperate refugees drowned making the perilous trip to Europe in search of a better life.
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Boat Capsizes in Aegean Sea, 22 Migrants Dead
22 migrants drowned and 200 more were rescued when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos today, local media said.
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Islamic State Uses Images of Drowned Toddler to Warn Refugees
The jihadist Islamic State group has used the shocking image of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi to warn refugees against trying to flee to the West, calling it a "major sin".
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Europe Tracks Army of 30,000 Migrant Smugglers
With the world still reeling from images of a drowned Syrian boy, European authorities say it is their top priority to fight an army of an estimated 30,000 people-smuggling suspects blamed for such tragedies.
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Toddler's Drowning Sparks Surge of Donations Across Europe
Charities helping refugees saw a surge in donations Friday across Europe as people shocked by the heart-rending images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out.
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Photographer of Drowned Syrian Toddler Was 'Petrified'
The photographer who shot the heart-wrenching picture showing a Syrian toddler's lifeless body washed ashore Turkey's Aegean coast said she was "petrified", the media reported.
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Let This be the Last, Says Broken Father of 3-Year-Old Who Drowned
Migrants forced from a train in Hungary scuffled with helmeted riot police and some clung to railway tracks on Thursday, as politicians across Europe struggled to respond to public opinion appalled by images of a drowned 3-year-old boy.
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EU Ministers to Meet on Migrant Crisis as Drowned Boy's Father Speaks
European Union foreign ministers were set to meet today to discuss the continent's escalating migrant crisis, after the father of a Syrian toddler found dead on a beach spoke of how his children "slipped through my hands" as their boat sank.
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Dreams of Drowning: Italy Struggles to Help Traumatised Migrants
The sensation of drowning, short-term memory loss, insomnia and suicidal tendencies: they may have made it safely to Italy, but many asylum seekers are plagued by symptoms of trauma and the psychological help they need is in short supply.
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'My Children Slipped Through My Hands': Father of Drowned Syrian Boy
The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach, an image that shocked the world, said today his children "slipped through my hands" as their boat was taking in water en route to Greece.
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French PM Urges Action After Images of Dead Migrant Toddler
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said images of a drowned Syrian toddler on a Turkish beach showed the need for urgent action by Europe to address the migrant crisis.
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Toddler's Body Washes Up on Turkish Beach After 12 Syrian Migrants Drown
An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey's prime tourist resorts swept across social media on Wednesday, after at least 12 presumed Syrian refugees died trying to reach the Greek island of Kos.
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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.
