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3 Babies Dead, 100 Missing In Migrant Shipwreck Off Libya
The lifeless bodies of three babies were brought ashore in Libya on Friday, victims of a Mediterranean migrant shipwreck in which survivors say 100 people are still missing.
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UN Agency Raises Toll To 365 From Mediterranean Shipwrecks
The UN's migration watcher says it now believes 365 people died or are missing and presumed dead from Mediterranean shipwrecks in recent days.
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Around 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
Around 100 people are missing feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, citing testimony from 27 survivors.
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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths In 2016 Hit Record 3,800: UN
At least 3,800 migrants and refugees have perished this year while trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the highest ever toll ever on the perilous route, the UN said Wednesday.
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25 People Found Dead In Mediterranean Migrant Boat
The French aid group Doctors without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday that 25 migrants had been found dead aboard an inflatable dinghy in the southern Mediterranean.
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Rescuers Save 2,400 Migrants In Mediterranean, Recover 14 Bodies
Rescuers pulled 2,400 boat migrants to safety on Saturday, the Italian coastguard said, adding 14 dead bodies had been recovered in the past two days.
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Mediterranean Sea Disasters Swallow Up Over 1,000 Migrants
The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week, mostly as barely seaworthy smuggling boats foundered and sank despite calm seas and sunny skies, a migration agency said Tuesday, citing new accounts from survivors.
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Forget Refugees: How Terrorists Could Actually Get into the US
Almost all of the nation's Republican governors have said that they oppose placing Syrian refugees in their states, citing concerns that terrorists could pose as migrants fleeing the Syrian civil war. But experts say there are much easier ways for terrorists to enter the United States. The governors' focus on refugees, these experts suggest, reflec...
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Bodies of 95 Migrants Found Washed Up in Libya: Red Crescent
The bodies of 85 migrants have been found washed up on the coast of Libya, a major departure point for the sea crossing to Europe, the Red Crescent said today.
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Mediterranean Migrant Crossings Top 3,00,000 in 2015: United Nations
More than 300,000 refugees and migrants have risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, and some 2,500 more have died while making the perilous journey, the UN said Friday.
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Angela Merkel Vows No Tolerance for Migrant Hate as 55 Die in Mediterranean
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down far-right hecklers on Wednesday, vowing zero tolerance for "vile" anti-migrant violence as rescuers found 55 corpses on stricken boats in the Mediterranean.
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At Least 40 Migrants Die in Mediterranean: Italian Navy
At least 40 migrants died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a fishing boat in the Mediterranean, the Italian navy said on Saturday.
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Italy Arrests North African Traffickers Over Migrant Ship Deaths
Italy arrested five North African men today on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the presumed drowning of more than 200 people, saying they used clubs and knives against migrants.
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Hundreds of Migrants Feared Drowned Off Libya: Italy Coastguard
Hundreds of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean are feared to have drowned after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized off Libya, Italy's coastguard said today.
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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths in 2015 Pass 2,000: International Organization for Migration
More than 2,000 people have died so far this year trying to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, making it the world's most dangerous migrant route.
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3 Babies Dead, 100 Missing In Migrant Shipwreck Off Libya
The lifeless bodies of three babies were brought ashore in Libya on Friday, victims of a Mediterranean migrant shipwreck in which survivors say 100 people are still missing.
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UN Agency Raises Toll To 365 From Mediterranean Shipwrecks
The UN's migration watcher says it now believes 365 people died or are missing and presumed dead from Mediterranean shipwrecks in recent days.
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Around 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
Around 100 people are missing feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, citing testimony from 27 survivors.
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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths In 2016 Hit Record 3,800: UN
At least 3,800 migrants and refugees have perished this year while trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the highest ever toll ever on the perilous route, the UN said Wednesday.
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25 People Found Dead In Mediterranean Migrant Boat
The French aid group Doctors without Borders (MSF) said Wednesday that 25 migrants had been found dead aboard an inflatable dinghy in the southern Mediterranean.
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Rescuers Save 2,400 Migrants In Mediterranean, Recover 14 Bodies
Rescuers pulled 2,400 boat migrants to safety on Saturday, the Italian coastguard said, adding 14 dead bodies had been recovered in the past two days.
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Mediterranean Sea Disasters Swallow Up Over 1,000 Migrants
The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week, mostly as barely seaworthy smuggling boats foundered and sank despite calm seas and sunny skies, a migration agency said Tuesday, citing new accounts from survivors.
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Forget Refugees: How Terrorists Could Actually Get into the US
Almost all of the nation's Republican governors have said that they oppose placing Syrian refugees in their states, citing concerns that terrorists could pose as migrants fleeing the Syrian civil war. But experts say there are much easier ways for terrorists to enter the United States. The governors' focus on refugees, these experts suggest, reflec...
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Bodies of 95 Migrants Found Washed Up in Libya: Red Crescent
The bodies of 85 migrants have been found washed up on the coast of Libya, a major departure point for the sea crossing to Europe, the Red Crescent said today.
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Mediterranean Migrant Crossings Top 3,00,000 in 2015: United Nations
More than 300,000 refugees and migrants have risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, and some 2,500 more have died while making the perilous journey, the UN said Friday.
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Angela Merkel Vows No Tolerance for Migrant Hate as 55 Die in Mediterranean
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down far-right hecklers on Wednesday, vowing zero tolerance for "vile" anti-migrant violence as rescuers found 55 corpses on stricken boats in the Mediterranean.
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At Least 40 Migrants Die in Mediterranean: Italian Navy
At least 40 migrants died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a fishing boat in the Mediterranean, the Italian navy said on Saturday.
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Italy Arrests North African Traffickers Over Migrant Ship Deaths
Italy arrested five North African men today on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the presumed drowning of more than 200 people, saying they used clubs and knives against migrants.
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Hundreds of Migrants Feared Drowned Off Libya: Italy Coastguard
Hundreds of migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean are feared to have drowned after their overcrowded fishing boat capsized off Libya, Italy's coastguard said today.
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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths in 2015 Pass 2,000: International Organization for Migration
More than 2,000 people have died so far this year trying to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, making it the world's most dangerous migrant route.
