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Venezuela Earthquakes May Have Affected Nearly 7 Million People: UN
Entire buildings have crumbled in La Guaira, located to the north of Caracas, following devastating twin tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 on Wednesday.
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At 17.5 Million, Indian Diaspora Largest In The World: UN Report
India continues to be the largest country of origin of international migrants with a 17.5 million-strong diaspora across the world, and it received the highest remittance of USD 78.6 billion from Indians living abroad, the UN migration agency said.
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UN Says 239 Migrants Die In Two Shipwrecks Off Libya
At least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations migration agency, said on Thursday.
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8 Dead, Nearly 20 Missing In New Migrant Boat Tragedy Off Libya
At least eight African migrants, and possibly as many as 27, died in a new boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a search and rescue organisation said today.
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5 Drown Off Turkey In New Aegean Migrant Tragedy: Reports
Five migrants were killed today when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey's western coast to EU member Greece, reports said.
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3 Children Among New Migrant Deaths in Aegean: Greek Coastguard
Four more migrants, three of them children, died attempting to cross the Aegean Sea to reach safety in Europe, the Greek coastguard said early today.
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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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Angela Merkel to Visit Refugee Centre Hit by Violence in European Union Migrants Crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Wednesday visit a refugee centre hit by violent far-right protests, a day after Berlin said it had eased some asylum rules as thousands more migrants pour into Europe seeking refuge.
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2 Drown, 5 Missing as Migrants Head for Greek Island
Two people drowned and five were believed missing when a dinghy carrying migrants capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos today, as many hundreds continued to head to Greek territory from nearby Turkey.
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Italy Begins Recovery of 800 Migrant Bodies From Mediterranean Shipwreck
The Italian navy on Monday said it had begun efforts to recover the bodies of some 800 migrants killed in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean in April, as authorities rescued another 4,400 people making the dangerous sea journey to Europe.
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Kurds Emerge as Key Force in Fight Against Islamic State 'Caliphate'
Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria have emerged as some of the most effective forces battling the Islamic State jihadist group in the year since IS declared a cross-border "caliphate".
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More Than 700 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean: Italian Coastguard
A total of 741 migrants who set sail from Libya in the hopes of reaching Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said.
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As Many As 700 Migrants Feared Drowned in Mediterranean
More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in the latest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday.
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Venezuela Earthquakes May Have Affected Nearly 7 Million People: UN
Entire buildings have crumbled in La Guaira, located to the north of Caracas, following devastating twin tremors of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 on Wednesday.
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At 17.5 Million, Indian Diaspora Largest In The World: UN Report
India continues to be the largest country of origin of international migrants with a 17.5 million-strong diaspora across the world, and it received the highest remittance of USD 78.6 billion from Indians living abroad, the UN migration agency said.
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UN Says 239 Migrants Die In Two Shipwrecks Off Libya
At least 239 migrants, believed to be from West Africa, have died in two shipwrecks off Libya, a spokesman for the United Nations migration agency, said on Thursday.
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8 Dead, Nearly 20 Missing In New Migrant Boat Tragedy Off Libya
At least eight African migrants, and possibly as many as 27, died in a new boat tragedy off the coast of Libya, a search and rescue organisation said today.
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5 Drown Off Turkey In New Aegean Migrant Tragedy: Reports
Five migrants were killed today when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey's western coast to EU member Greece, reports said.
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3 Children Among New Migrant Deaths in Aegean: Greek Coastguard
Four more migrants, three of them children, died attempting to cross the Aegean Sea to reach safety in Europe, the Greek coastguard said early today.
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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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Angela Merkel to Visit Refugee Centre Hit by Violence in European Union Migrants Crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Wednesday visit a refugee centre hit by violent far-right protests, a day after Berlin said it had eased some asylum rules as thousands more migrants pour into Europe seeking refuge.
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2 Drown, 5 Missing as Migrants Head for Greek Island
Two people drowned and five were believed missing when a dinghy carrying migrants capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos today, as many hundreds continued to head to Greek territory from nearby Turkey.
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Italy Begins Recovery of 800 Migrant Bodies From Mediterranean Shipwreck
The Italian navy on Monday said it had begun efforts to recover the bodies of some 800 migrants killed in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean in April, as authorities rescued another 4,400 people making the dangerous sea journey to Europe.
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Kurds Emerge as Key Force in Fight Against Islamic State 'Caliphate'
Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria have emerged as some of the most effective forces battling the Islamic State jihadist group in the year since IS declared a cross-border "caliphate".
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More Than 700 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean: Italian Coastguard
A total of 741 migrants who set sail from Libya in the hopes of reaching Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said.
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As Many As 700 Migrants Feared Drowned in Mediterranean
More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in the latest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday.
