Migrant Disasters
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Mediterranean Migrants Could Surge to 500,000 This Year: International Maritime Organization Chief
The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean could surge to 500,000 this year, with deaths at sea reaching thousands if no action is taken against the people who traffic them, the head of the UN's maritime agency warned .
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Boat Skipper Facing Mass Murder Charge Over Migrant Disaster
The captain of a migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean's deadliest disaster in decades was arrested today on suspicion of causing the deaths of an estimated 800 people.
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'Worst-Ever' Migrant Shipwreck Prompts Calls for European Union Action
EU ministers headed today into crisis talks under pressure to confront people-smuggling gangs, with more than 700 people feared dead in what may be the Mediterranean's deadliest migrant disaster to date
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Pope Francis Urges World Action to Stop More Migrant Disasters
Pope Francis, speaking after some 700 migrants were feared dead in the Mediterranean, on Sunday appealed to the international community to take swift and decisive action to avoid more tragedies.
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Mediterranean Migrants Could Surge to 500,000 This Year: International Maritime Organization Chief
The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean could surge to 500,000 this year, with deaths at sea reaching thousands if no action is taken against the people who traffic them, the head of the UN's maritime agency warned .
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Boat Skipper Facing Mass Murder Charge Over Migrant Disaster
The captain of a migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean's deadliest disaster in decades was arrested today on suspicion of causing the deaths of an estimated 800 people.
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'Worst-Ever' Migrant Shipwreck Prompts Calls for European Union Action
EU ministers headed today into crisis talks under pressure to confront people-smuggling gangs, with more than 700 people feared dead in what may be the Mediterranean's deadliest migrant disaster to date
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Pope Francis Urges World Action to Stop More Migrant Disasters
Pope Francis, speaking after some 700 migrants were feared dead in the Mediterranean, on Sunday appealed to the international community to take swift and decisive action to avoid more tragedies.
