Report: 499 alleged abalone poachers in WC within a year
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Trump threatens to shoot migrants who throw stones at US military
Donald Trump said a group of several thousand migrants walking through Mexico towards the US border had thrown rocks 'viciously and violently' at Mexican police.
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[WATCH] Trump defends calling himself a nationalist
US President Donald Trump defends calling himself a nationalist and suggests that there are terrorists in the migrant Caravan making its way through Mexico to the US.
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2018 a particularly deadly year for migrants – aid workers
So far, 1,549 people have drowned marking what has become the world’s deadliest crossing.
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African migrants protest in Italy after road deaths
Thousands of migrants work in the southern heel of Italy during the summer months, harvesting tomatoes.
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3 migrants killed, 7 injured in northern Greece car crash
The van’s driver, thought to be a trafficker, fled the scene.
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Israel frees detained migrants set for Rwanda after relocation deal collapses
Some 200 additional migrants are still being held at the Saharonim detention centre in southern Israel awaiting possible deportation to Uganda.
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[WATCH] Migrant boat lands at Spanish beach
Over 100,000 migrants reached Europe from North Africa and the Middle East from January to June.
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More than 4,400 migrants set to arrive in Italy ports on Friday
The interior ministry said that up until 13 July, some 86,123 migrants had come to Italy so far this year, up 10% on the same period in 2016.
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Libyan coastguard turns back nearly 500 migrants after altercation with NGO ship
Footage filmed by Sea-Watch showed a Libyan coastguard vessel coming within meters of its own ship as it sped to stop the migrants.
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Mediterranean rescuers save 550 migrants at sea, recover five bodies
The bodies were in a rubber dinghy and one other person from the dinghy had drowned, according to an aid group.
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More migrants pitch tents on Paris streets as Calais camp shuts
Hundreds of tents have been pitched by migrants, mostly Africans who say they are from Sudan.
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Hollande says Calais migrants to be dispersed around France
About 9,000 places will be made available at "reception and orientation centres" for migrants.
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Construction work begins on Great Wall of Calais
The wall is meant to prevent migrants in northern France from trying to reach the UK.
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Thousands flee Greek migrant camp fire as tensions flare
A police official on Lesbos said nearly 60 percent of the Moria camp was destroyed in the fire.
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Italy rescues 3,000 migrants from Mediterranean as arrivals surge
The migrants were packed on board dozens of boats, many of them rubber dinghies.
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Italy rescues 6,500 migrants from Mediterranean
Italy has been on the front line of Europe's migrant crisis for three years.
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Italy rescues around 1,100 migrants in Mediterranean
An estimated 2,726 men, women and children have died over the same period trying to make the journey.
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Migration: Fact versus fiction
The share of people living outside their countries of origin’s barely increased in recent decades.
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Data shows Germany has curbed open-door policy for migrants
The influx has dented the popularity of Merkel’s party and prompted the rise of an anti-immigration party.
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EU migrant deal not possible if Turkey's demands not met - Erdogan
Erdogan vowed to keep Turkey’s promises on the migrant deal as recently as 26 July.
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4 arrested in Italy, Hungary, Slovenia for trafficking migrants
Two of the suspects were arrested in northern Italy, one in Budapest and one in the Slovenian city of Maribor.
