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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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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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France Scraps UK Talks Over Migrant Crisis After Boris Johnson Letter
France on Friday scrapped planned talks with the UK about migrant crossings in anger at a letter by Britain's prime minister over the crisis, pushing relations to new lows following the deaths of 27 people in the Channel this week.
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"Pathetic... Cannot Control Tears": Madras High Court On Migrant Crisis
"Pathetic condition of migrant labourers is nothing but a human tragedy", the Madras High Court said today in strongly-worded comments on the migrant workers crisis
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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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18 Migrants Drown As Boat Sinks In The Aegean Sea: Reports
Eighteen people drowned overnight when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea as it was heading for the Greek island of Kalymnos, Turkish media reported earlier today.
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Children's Bodies Washed Up in Kos in Latest Migrant Crisis Tragedy
The badly decomposed bodies of two children were found washed up on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday, the latest victims of a crisis that has seen 630,000 people enter the EU illegally this year.
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Opinion: A Picture Changed The World In IST (Internet Standard Time)
Images of tragedy and violence should offend only our sense of natural justice.
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Lorry of Migrant Corpses, New Boat Sinking Intensify Europe's Crisis
As many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked lorry in Austria on Thursday, and another migrant ship sank off Libya, deepening a crisis that is overwhelming Europe and throwing up new tragedies by the day.
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German Chancellor Merkel Says Austrian Migrant Tragedy a 'Warning'
The "horrible" discovery Thursday of between 20 and 50 dead migrants inside a truck in Austria is a warning to Europe to tackle its the migrant crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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European Union Considers Emergency Summit on Migrant Crisis: Spokesman
EU president Donald Tusk is considering holding an emergency summit on illegal immigration, after the latest migrant boat tragedy in the Mediterranean in which up to 700 people are feared to have died.
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Francois Hollande Says EU 'Must Act' After Migrant Boat Tragedy
French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for a meeting of EU foreign and interior ministers after the feared drowning of some 700 illegal migrants highlighted a growing crisis in the Mediterranean.
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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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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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France Scraps UK Talks Over Migrant Crisis After Boris Johnson Letter
France on Friday scrapped planned talks with the UK about migrant crossings in anger at a letter by Britain's prime minister over the crisis, pushing relations to new lows following the deaths of 27 people in the Channel this week.
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"Pathetic... Cannot Control Tears": Madras High Court On Migrant Crisis
"Pathetic condition of migrant labourers is nothing but a human tragedy", the Madras High Court said today in strongly-worded comments on the migrant workers crisis
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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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18 Migrants Drown As Boat Sinks In The Aegean Sea: Reports
Eighteen people drowned overnight when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea as it was heading for the Greek island of Kalymnos, Turkish media reported earlier today.
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Children's Bodies Washed Up in Kos in Latest Migrant Crisis Tragedy
The badly decomposed bodies of two children were found washed up on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday, the latest victims of a crisis that has seen 630,000 people enter the EU illegally this year.
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Opinion: A Picture Changed The World In IST (Internet Standard Time)
Images of tragedy and violence should offend only our sense of natural justice.
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Lorry of Migrant Corpses, New Boat Sinking Intensify Europe's Crisis
As many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked lorry in Austria on Thursday, and another migrant ship sank off Libya, deepening a crisis that is overwhelming Europe and throwing up new tragedies by the day.
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German Chancellor Merkel Says Austrian Migrant Tragedy a 'Warning'
The "horrible" discovery Thursday of between 20 and 50 dead migrants inside a truck in Austria is a warning to Europe to tackle its the migrant crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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European Union Considers Emergency Summit on Migrant Crisis: Spokesman
EU president Donald Tusk is considering holding an emergency summit on illegal immigration, after the latest migrant boat tragedy in the Mediterranean in which up to 700 people are feared to have died.
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Francois Hollande Says EU 'Must Act' After Migrant Boat Tragedy
French President Francois Hollande called Sunday for a meeting of EU foreign and interior ministers after the feared drowning of some 700 illegal migrants highlighted a growing crisis in the Mediterranean.
