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Bodies of 13 women found after migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean
The coastguard said 13 men and nine women survived the sinking of the boat, which was carrying more than 50 people when the disaster struck. Many of the...
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Two migrants die on boat left adrift by Libyan coast guard – charity
The Libyans had left the scene after the two women refused to board their patrol ship along with a boy of about four, it said.
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Indonesia agency revises number of missing in Sumatra ferry sinking to 180
Budiawan, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency in Medan, said 18 survivors were found and two bodies had been recovered on Monday evening.
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Libya's coast guard recovers five bodies from migrant boat
Libya’s western coast is the main departure point for migrants trying to reach Europe by the sea, though the number of crossings has dropped sharply since last July.
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Italy shuts ports to migrant boat
The move by Italy’s new Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is part of efforts to make good on his electoral promises to halt the flow of migrants into the country.
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Death toll in Tunisian migrants boat accident rises to 48
The boat went down near the southern island of Kerkenna, a tourist spot, in the night to Sunday, the defense ministry said in a statement.
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Death toll in migrant shipwreck off Egypt rises to 202
More than 3,200 migrants have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean this year.
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Over 130 bodies recovered from migrant boat capsize off Egypt
A boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off Egypt on Wednesday.
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43 killed after boat carrying 600 migrants sinks off Egypt
Rescue workers have so far saved 154 people, officials said, meaning about 400 could still be missing.
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43 killed after boat carrying 600 migrants sinks off Egypt
Rescue workers have so far saved 154 people, officials said, meaning about 400 could still be missing.
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Search for survivors after migrant boat capsizes off Egyptian coast
A boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized and sank off the Egyptian port city of Rosetta.
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EU offers carrot, stick to Africa to help curb migration
EU leaders wants to see its trade-and-aid euros used to help solve its migration crisis.
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The Mediterranean migrant crisis in numbers
The Mediterranean migrant crisis in numbers
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#MigrantCrisis: Bodies of at least 85 migrants washed up in western Libya
Many of the boats are believed to have left from the shore around Zuwara and Sabratha in Libya's northwest.
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Between 700-900 migrants may have died at sea this week
About 14,000 have been rescued & there’ve been at least 3 confirmed instances of boats sinking.
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Italy: Migrant boat capsized, 2nd in 2 days
Boat arrivals in Italy have risen sharply this week amid warm weather & calm seas.
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Up to 500 migrants drown in the Mediterranean
The survivors from Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan say they were transferred to another vessel when it sank.
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Italy rescues 910 boat migrants, nearly 600 saved off Libya
A spokesman for Libyan naval forces said the bodies of four dead women had been recovered.
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Items belonging to migrants reveal gruesome tragedies
Italian homicide police removed the items from the corpses of about 90 men, women and infants.
