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World
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Region
7/27/2023 4:05:24 PM
Almost 800 irregular migrants drowned off Tunisia in the first half of this year as they tried to reach Europe by boat, a National Guard spokesman told AFP Thursday.
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World
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International
7/26/2023 3:41:38 PM
The EU watchdog on Wednesday announced a probe into the bloc's border patrol agency Frontex over its actions after a boat packed with migrants off Greece sank last month, killing hundreds.
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World
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International
7/25/2023 2:52:55 PM
After spending weeks in Libya trying to reach Europe illegally, Muhammad Naeem Butt turned back -- abandoning a journey that has already cost hundreds of Pakistani lives this summer.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/24/2023 10:14:04 PM
Three Egyptians have been identified among the victims of the boat that sank off Greece's coast last month, the Egyptian embassy in Athens said in a statement on Monday.
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Sports
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Omni sports
7/17/2023 3:07:08 PM
Around 40 boats took part in a practice run of the hugely ambitious opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on the river Seine on Monday, almost exactly a year until the sporting extravaganza begins.
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World
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Region
6/29/2023 2:09:47 PM
EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to stem migrant boat departures for Europe.
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World
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International
6/24/2023 12:45:20 PM
More than 40 people are missing after a migrant boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, the UN said.
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World
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International
6/23/2023 4:23:12 PM
More than 280 Pakistani families fear they had relatives who drowned when a migrant boat sank off Greece last week, making it one of Pakistan's worst man-made disasters, the government said Friday.
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World
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International
6/22/2023 7:31:26 PM
Spanish authorities rescued nearly 170 migrants from three boats drifting off the Canary Islands overnight on Wednesday, hours after at least two people died when their packed dinghy sank in the area.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/20/2023 3:19:00 PM
Egypt has set up a special workgroup to address tragic irregular migrant boat sinking in Greece, resulting in the loss of at least 78 lives.
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World
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International
6/18/2023 6:27:14 PM
The number of people arriving in the UK in small boats has reached over 10,000 since the start of the year, UK government figures showed Sunday.
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World
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International
6/18/2023 6:08:30 PM
Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek coast.
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World
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Region
6/17/2023 7:51:23 PM
In war-torn Syria, parents of teenagers missing in a shipwreck off the Greek coast are clinging onto hope their children might be alive, days after the tragedy.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/17/2023 12:07:51 PM
Egypt mourns with great sadness and sorrow the victims whose boat sank off the Greek coast en route from Libya to Europe on Wednesday carrying hundreds of irregular migrants of different nationalities, including Egyptians.
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World
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International
6/16/2023 2:45:06 PM
Greek rescuers on Friday scanned the Ionian Sea by air and boat for survivors of a migrant boat sinking, as hope faded of finding more people alive two days after the disaster.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/16/2023 2:41:22 PM
Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after a migrant boat disaster off the coast of Greece claimed at least 78 lives, a port source told AFP Thursday.
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World
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International
6/15/2023 8:30:06 AM
Greece has declared three days of mourning, the interim prime minister's office said Wednesday, over a migrant boat sinking in the Ionian Sea feared to have claimed hundreds of lives.
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World
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International
6/14/2023 9:03:00 PM
At least 79 migrants died after their fishing boat sank off the Peloponnese, Greece's coastguard said Wednesday, as fears mounted that the death toll could rise much higher.
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World
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Africa
6/14/2023 12:02:02 PM
More than 100 people have drowned in north central Nigeria after a boat carrying families returning from a wedding sank in a river, police and local authorities said.
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Egypt
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Tourism
6/11/2023 3:30:41 PM
Three British tourists are still missing after the safari boat they were on caught fire near the Red Sea city of Marsa Alam on Sunday, according to a statement by Red Sea governorate.
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