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16 Migrants Dead In Shipwreck Off Tunisia, Search On For 44 Missing People
Sixteen migrants have died in shipwrecks off the coasts of Tunisia and Western Sahara, officials said Monday, as North Africa faces a spike in Europe-bound sea crossings.
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At Least 30 Migrants Missing After 2 Shipwrecks Off Italian Island: Report
At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to survivor testimony, the UN's migration agency said Sunday.
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"Unable To Save Them": Fisherman Mourns After Italian Migrant Shipwreck
It was a Sunday that Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano will never forget. Well before dawn he ran to the beach near his house and started pulling bodies from the sea, victims of a deadly migrant shipwreck that has so far claimed 67 lives.
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80 Afghan Citizens Killed In Italy Boat Tragedy
Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.
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"A Gruesome Sight...": 43 Die In Migrant Shipwreck In Italy
Forty-three people died while 80 people survived when a boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks near the coast of southern Italy early on Sunday, the Italian coast guard and police said.
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Italy Recovers Bodies From Disaster Boat That Sank With Over 800 Aboard
Italy has started recovering the bodies of migrants from a small fishing boat that sank with more than 800 people over a year ago, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Around 6,800 Migrants Rescued, Baby Girl Born on Italian Navy Ship
Around 6,800 migrants were rescued from overcrowded boats crossing to Europe over the weekend, including a mother who gave birth to a baby girl on an Italian navy ship, the coast guard said.
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Malta Holds Solemn Funeral for Migrant Shipwreck Victims
An imam and a bishop led a poignant inter-faith funeral service on Malta today for 24 drowned migrants, the only victims whose bodies were recovered from the Mediterranean in the weekend shipwreck that shocked Europe.
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Italy PM Matteo Renzi Urges Collective EU Action to Tackle Migrant Trafficking
The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday.
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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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Migrant Shipwreck Survivors Arrested as UN Says 800 Dead
Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, as the UN said 800 people were killed in the Mediterranean's worst migrant disaster.
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800 Dead After Sunday's Mediterranean Migrant Shipwreck: UN
The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya on Sunday after speaking to survivors of the disaster.
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No More Survivors Found From Italy Migrant Shipwreck
Rescuers have found no more survivors from the shipwreck of a boat in which 400 migrants are believed to have drowned, the Italian coastguard said today.
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16 Migrants Dead In Shipwreck Off Tunisia, Search On For 44 Missing People
Sixteen migrants have died in shipwrecks off the coasts of Tunisia and Western Sahara, officials said Monday, as North Africa faces a spike in Europe-bound sea crossings.
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At Least 30 Migrants Missing After 2 Shipwrecks Off Italian Island: Report
At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to survivor testimony, the UN's migration agency said Sunday.
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"Unable To Save Them": Fisherman Mourns After Italian Migrant Shipwreck
It was a Sunday that Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano will never forget. Well before dawn he ran to the beach near his house and started pulling bodies from the sea, victims of a deadly migrant shipwreck that has so far claimed 67 lives.
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80 Afghan Citizens Killed In Italy Boat Tragedy
Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 80 Afghan citizens, including children, had died in Sunday's shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy.
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"A Gruesome Sight...": 43 Die In Migrant Shipwreck In Italy
Forty-three people died while 80 people survived when a boat carrying migrants crashed against rocks near the coast of southern Italy early on Sunday, the Italian coast guard and police said.
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Italy Recovers Bodies From Disaster Boat That Sank With Over 800 Aboard
Italy has started recovering the bodies of migrants from a small fishing boat that sank with more than 800 people over a year ago, a spokesman said on Monday.
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Around 6,800 Migrants Rescued, Baby Girl Born on Italian Navy Ship
Around 6,800 migrants were rescued from overcrowded boats crossing to Europe over the weekend, including a mother who gave birth to a baby girl on an Italian navy ship, the coast guard said.
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Malta Holds Solemn Funeral for Migrant Shipwreck Victims
An imam and a bishop led a poignant inter-faith funeral service on Malta today for 24 drowned migrants, the only victims whose bodies were recovered from the Mediterranean in the weekend shipwreck that shocked Europe.
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Italy PM Matteo Renzi Urges Collective EU Action to Tackle Migrant Trafficking
The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday.
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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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Migrant Shipwreck Survivors Arrested as UN Says 800 Dead
Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, as the UN said 800 people were killed in the Mediterranean's worst migrant disaster.
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800 Dead After Sunday's Mediterranean Migrant Shipwreck: UN
The United Nations refugee agency has confirmed 800 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya on Sunday after speaking to survivors of the disaster.
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No More Survivors Found From Italy Migrant Shipwreck
Rescuers have found no more survivors from the shipwreck of a boat in which 400 migrants are believed to have drowned, the Italian coastguard said today.
