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Over 1,000 Migrants Brought Ashore In Italy After Multiple Rescues
More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore to southern Italy on Saturday after coastguards launched major rescue operations for three boats struggling in rough seas off Calabria.
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Italy Coastguard Launches Multiple Rescues, Over 1,000 Migrants "In Danger"
The president of the southern Calabria region, Roberto Occhiuto, said a total of around 1,300 migrants were aboard boats which the European Union's border force Frontex had warned could run into problems.
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80 Afghan Citizens Killed In Italy Boat Tragedy
Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.
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"A Gruesome Sight...": 43 Die In Migrant Shipwreck In Italy
Forty-three people died while 80 people survived when a boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks near the coast of southern Italy early on Sunday, the Italian coast guard and police said.
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About 25 Missing After Migrant Ship Overturns Off Italy
Two bodies have been recovered and around 25 people are missing after a small boat carrying migrants capsized off Lampedusa, the Italian coastguard said on Monday.
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Italy Bus Hijacker "Heard Voices" Of Drowned Migrant Children: Report
The driver of a school bus who torched the vehicle to protest Mediterranean migrant deaths claimed on Friday he acted after hearing the voices of drowned children urging him on, media reports said.
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About 5,000 Migrants Saved, 28 Bodies Found In Rescues Off Italy
About 4,655 migrants were saved on Tuesday and 28 bodies recovered in more than 30 rescue missions off the Libyan coast, Italy's coast guard said on Wednesday.
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Last Corpse Recovered From Italy Migrant Wreck
Italy has finished the gruesome task of recovering migrant bodies from a fishing boat that sank with hundreds of people aboard more than a year ago, the navy said on Thursday.
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Italy Recovers Bodies From Disaster Boat That Sank With Over 800 Aboard
Italy has started recovering the bodies of migrants from a small fishing boat that sank with more than 800 people over a year ago, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Is Italy Ready For The Next Wave Of Migrants?
The "crossing season" for migrant boats from Libya to Italy has not yet begun, yet arrivals are already up on last year's count, raising questions about where the new wave of tens of thousands will be housed.
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Italian Prime Minister Says Europe 'Cannot Just Get Emotional' About Migrants
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Thursday that Europe could not just limit itself to an emotional reaction to pictures of asylum-seekers dying, but had to act.
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Boat Migrant Arrest Over Tunisia Attack Sparks Italy Row
Italy said Wednesday it had arrested a Moroccan illegal immigrant suspected of involvement in a deadly attack on a Tunis museum, fuelling a row over the threat of jihadists arriving in Europe by boat.
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Italy Says 10 Migrants Die, 5,800 Rescued in Ongoing Mission
Nearly 5,800 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya and 10 bodies were recovered in less than 48 hours, Italy's coast guard said, in one of the biggest rescue operations this year.
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No More Survivors Found From Italy Migrant Shipwreck
Rescuers have found no more survivors from the shipwreck of a boat in which 400 migrants are believed to have drowned, the Italian coastguard said today.
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360 Migrants Leave From Italy's Second 'Ghost Ship'
Italian authorities disembarked some 360 cold and hungry migrants from a "ghost ship" today abandoned by its crew off the country's jagged southern coast.
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Over 1,000 Migrants Brought Ashore In Italy After Multiple Rescues
More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore to southern Italy on Saturday after coastguards launched major rescue operations for three boats struggling in rough seas off Calabria.
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Italy Coastguard Launches Multiple Rescues, Over 1,000 Migrants "In Danger"
The president of the southern Calabria region, Roberto Occhiuto, said a total of around 1,300 migrants were aboard boats which the European Union's border force Frontex had warned could run into problems.
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80 Afghan Citizens Killed In Italy Boat Tragedy
Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.
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"A Gruesome Sight...": 43 Die In Migrant Shipwreck In Italy
Forty-three people died while 80 people survived when a boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks near the coast of southern Italy early on Sunday, the Italian coast guard and police said.
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About 25 Missing After Migrant Ship Overturns Off Italy
Two bodies have been recovered and around 25 people are missing after a small boat carrying migrants capsized off Lampedusa, the Italian coastguard said on Monday.
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Italy Bus Hijacker "Heard Voices" Of Drowned Migrant Children: Report
The driver of a school bus who torched the vehicle to protest Mediterranean migrant deaths claimed on Friday he acted after hearing the voices of drowned children urging him on, media reports said.
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About 5,000 Migrants Saved, 28 Bodies Found In Rescues Off Italy
About 4,655 migrants were saved on Tuesday and 28 bodies recovered in more than 30 rescue missions off the Libyan coast, Italy's coast guard said on Wednesday.
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Last Corpse Recovered From Italy Migrant Wreck
Italy has finished the gruesome task of recovering migrant bodies from a fishing boat that sank with hundreds of people aboard more than a year ago, the navy said on Thursday.
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Italy Recovers Bodies From Disaster Boat That Sank With Over 800 Aboard
Italy has started recovering the bodies of migrants from a small fishing boat that sank with more than 800 people over a year ago, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Is Italy Ready For The Next Wave Of Migrants?
The "crossing season" for migrant boats from Libya to Italy has not yet begun, yet arrivals are already up on last year's count, raising questions about where the new wave of tens of thousands will be housed.
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Italian Prime Minister Says Europe 'Cannot Just Get Emotional' About Migrants
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Thursday that Europe could not just limit itself to an emotional reaction to pictures of asylum-seekers dying, but had to act.
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Boat Migrant Arrest Over Tunisia Attack Sparks Italy Row
Italy said Wednesday it had arrested a Moroccan illegal immigrant suspected of involvement in a deadly attack on a Tunis museum, fuelling a row over the threat of jihadists arriving in Europe by boat.
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Italy Says 10 Migrants Die, 5,800 Rescued in Ongoing Mission
Nearly 5,800 migrants were plucked from boats off the coast of Libya and 10 bodies were recovered in less than 48 hours, Italy's coast guard said, in one of the biggest rescue operations this year.
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No More Survivors Found From Italy Migrant Shipwreck
Rescuers have found no more survivors from the shipwreck of a boat in which 400 migrants are believed to have drowned, the Italian coastguard said today.
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360 Migrants Leave From Italy's Second 'Ghost Ship'
Italian authorities disembarked some 360 cold and hungry migrants from a "ghost ship" today abandoned by its crew off the country's jagged southern coast.
