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76 Migrants Dead, Dozens Missing After Boat Sinks Off Yemen
At least 76 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials told AFP on Monday.
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7 Dead As Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Canary Islands Port In Spain
At least seven people died when a migrant boat capsized as rescuers were escorting it to port in Spain's Canary Islands, regional emergency services said on Wednesday.
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27 Migrants Dead, 83 Rescued After 2 Boats Overturn In Tunisia
Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday.
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15 Killed, Dozens Missing In Migrant Wreck As Boat Capsizes In Africa
At least 15 migrants have died and dozens are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and local sources said Wednesday, the latest in a string of migrant tragedies off the coast of West Afr
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38 Dead, 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Yemen's Aden: Official
Thirty-eight migrants coming from the Horn of Africa were killed after their boat capsized off Yemen's Aden, a local official and witnesses said on Monday.
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16 Dead, 28 Missing In Migrant Boat Capsize Off Africa's Djibouti: UN
At least 16 people are dead and 28 missing in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN's International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
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21 Migrants, Including 5 Children, Drown Off Turkey's Coast
Twenty-one migrants including five children drowned after a boat capsized off the Turkish coast, local officials said on Friday.
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At least 78 Killed After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece Coast
Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, as police arrested nine suspected people smugglers.
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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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59 Migrants, Including 11 Children, Dead After Boast Sinks Off Italy Coast
Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces.
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77 Migrants Dead After Ship Leaving Lebanon Capsizes Off Syria Coast
At least 77 migrants drowned when a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, Syria's health minister said Friday, in one of the deadliest such shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean.
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6 Indonesian Women Drown Off Malaysian Coast After Boat Capsizes
Six Indonesian women drowned off Malaysia after their boat capsized during a suspected attempt to enter the country illegally, officials said, in the latest migrant tragedy in the area.
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43 Migrants Dead As Boat Capsizes Off Morocco
Forty-three migrants including three infants died after their boat capsized off the coast of Tarfaya in southern Morocco, Spanish organisation Caminando Fronteras said Monday.
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27 Migrants Die As Boat Capsizes in English Channel To Britain
At least 27 migrants trying to reach England from France died on Wednesday when their boat sank off the northern French coast, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings.
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34 Migrants Drown As Boat Capsizes Off East Africa's Djibouti: Officials
Thirty-four migrants have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the second such accident in just over a month.
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76 Migrants Dead, Dozens Missing After Boat Sinks Off Yemen
At least 76 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials told AFP on Monday.
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7 Dead As Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Canary Islands Port In Spain
At least seven people died when a migrant boat capsized as rescuers were escorting it to port in Spain's Canary Islands, regional emergency services said on Wednesday.
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27 Migrants Dead, 83 Rescued After 2 Boats Overturn In Tunisia
Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, died after two boats capsized off central Tunisia, with 83 people rescued, a civil defence official told AFP on Thursday.
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15 Killed, Dozens Missing In Migrant Wreck As Boat Capsizes In Africa
At least 15 migrants have died and dozens are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and local sources said Wednesday, the latest in a string of migrant tragedies off the coast of West Afr
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38 Dead, 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Yemen's Aden: Official
Thirty-eight migrants coming from the Horn of Africa were killed after their boat capsized off Yemen's Aden, a local official and witnesses said on Monday.
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16 Dead, 28 Missing In Migrant Boat Capsize Off Africa's Djibouti: UN
At least 16 people are dead and 28 missing in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN's International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
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21 Migrants, Including 5 Children, Drown Off Turkey's Coast
Twenty-one migrants including five children drowned after a boat capsized off the Turkish coast, local officials said on Friday.
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At least 78 Killed After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece Coast
Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, as police arrested nine suspected people smugglers.
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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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59 Migrants, Including 11 Children, Dead After Boast Sinks Off Italy Coast
Italian coastguards said the overloaded vessel broke up in violent waves off Crotone, with one officer reporting that a suspected people smuggler had been arrested by the security forces.
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77 Migrants Dead After Ship Leaving Lebanon Capsizes Off Syria Coast
At least 77 migrants drowned when a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, Syria's health minister said Friday, in one of the deadliest such shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean.
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6 Indonesian Women Drown Off Malaysian Coast After Boat Capsizes
Six Indonesian women drowned off Malaysia after their boat capsized during a suspected attempt to enter the country illegally, officials said, in the latest migrant tragedy in the area.
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43 Migrants Dead As Boat Capsizes Off Morocco
Forty-three migrants including three infants died after their boat capsized off the coast of Tarfaya in southern Morocco, Spanish organisation Caminando Fronteras said Monday.
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27 Migrants Die As Boat Capsizes in English Channel To Britain
At least 27 migrants trying to reach England from France died on Wednesday when their boat sank off the northern French coast, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings.
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34 Migrants Drown As Boat Capsizes Off East Africa's Djibouti: Officials
Thirty-four migrants have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday, the second such accident in just over a month.
