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27 Dead After Italy Migrant Shipwreck, Search Ops Underway
Italian authorities resumed their search Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, with 27 people already confirmed dead.
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59 Migrants Die As Ship Overturns Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard said 59 migrants died early Wednesday after their boat capsized and sank off the Peloponnese, while around 100 others were rescued.
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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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UN Refugee Chief Calls For Mass Resettlement To Save Europe's Asylum System
The United Nations refugee chief called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, welcomed an agreement for the European Union's border agency Frontex to boos...
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11 Migrants Drown Off Greek Island: Maritime Police
At least 11 migrants, including five children, drowned and about 10 were missing after their boat sank overnight off the Greek island of Farmakonisi, Greek maritime police said today.
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Paris, Berlin 'Convinced' Of Need To Reduce Migrant Flow: Letter To European Union
France and Germany are "firmly convinced" of the need to reduce the flow of migrants into Europe, they wrote in a joint letter to the EU Commission seen by AFP today.
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Border Agency Director Troubled By Internal European Union Fences: Reports
The head of the European Union's border agency is worried about countries building border fences within the EU to try to curb a surge of migrants, he told an Austrian newspaper.
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Italy Says Islamic State Could Attack Rome With Drones During Holy Year
Islamic State (IS) could attack Rome with drones during a Roman Catholic Holy Year beginning next month and air space over the capital will be closed to drones throughout the event, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Monday.
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European Union Migrant Arrivals 170,000 in September: Reports
Some 170,000 irregular migrants entered the European Union in September, the bloc's border agency Frontex said on Tuesday, taking the total for the year so far to 710,000.
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Jihadists Could Enter EU Posing as Refugees
European Union counter-terrorism chief Gilles de Kerchove on Friday called for greater vigilance by EU borders agency Frontex, saying jihadists could infiltrate posing as refugees.
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27 Dead After Italy Migrant Shipwreck, Search Ops Underway
Italian authorities resumed their search Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, with 27 people already confirmed dead.
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59 Migrants Die As Ship Overturns Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard said 59 migrants died early Wednesday after their boat capsized and sank off the Peloponnese, while around 100 others were rescued.
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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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UN Refugee Chief Calls For Mass Resettlement To Save Europe's Asylum System
The United Nations refugee chief called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, welcomed an agreement for the European Union's border agency Frontex to boos...
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11 Migrants Drown Off Greek Island: Maritime Police
At least 11 migrants, including five children, drowned and about 10 were missing after their boat sank overnight off the Greek island of Farmakonisi, Greek maritime police said today.
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Paris, Berlin 'Convinced' Of Need To Reduce Migrant Flow: Letter To European Union
France and Germany are "firmly convinced" of the need to reduce the flow of migrants into Europe, they wrote in a joint letter to the EU Commission seen by AFP today.
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Border Agency Director Troubled By Internal European Union Fences: Reports
The head of the European Union's border agency is worried about countries building border fences within the EU to try to curb a surge of migrants, he told an Austrian newspaper.
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Italy Says Islamic State Could Attack Rome With Drones During Holy Year
Islamic State (IS) could attack Rome with drones during a Roman Catholic Holy Year beginning next month and air space over the capital will be closed to drones throughout the event, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said on Monday.
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European Union Migrant Arrivals 170,000 in September: Reports
Some 170,000 irregular migrants entered the European Union in September, the bloc's border agency Frontex said on Tuesday, taking the total for the year so far to 710,000.
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Jihadists Could Enter EU Posing as Refugees
European Union counter-terrorism chief Gilles de Kerchove on Friday called for greater vigilance by EU borders agency Frontex, saying jihadists could infiltrate posing as refugees.
