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Africa
9/10/2024 5:36:02 PM
Senegal's navy said Tuesday that at least 26 people died after a migrant boat sank off the coast two days earlier, in the latest migration-linked tragedy to occur off West Africa.
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8/25/2024 11:34:47 AM
At least 13 people have died when a migrant boat sank off Yemen, also leaving 14 missing, a UN agency said Sunday, in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route.
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World
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Region
6/11/2024 2:56:00 PM
A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead and 140 missing, the UN’s International Organization for Migration said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/21/2024 4:49:00 PM
A court Kalamata in southern Greece has dismissed on Tuesday charges against nine Egyptians who were accused of causing a migrant boat to capsize and sink off the coast of Greece in June 2023, resulting in the death of hundreds of people, Reuters reported.
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World
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International
5/10/2024 5:11:11 PM
Rescue charities warned Thursday that Italy's new ban on using surveillance planes to spot migrant boats in distress in the Mediterranean could endanger lives.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/13/2024 10:09:59 PM
String instruments made from migrant boats met with sustained applause as they debuted at Italy's prestigious La Scala opera house in tribute to those who perish attempting the Mediterranean crossing to Europe.
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World
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Region
8/28/2023 11:09:50 AM
Greek authorities said that four people died and 18 were rescued Monday after a boat carrying migrants apparently sank northeast of the Greek island of Lesbos, which lies near the Turkish coast.
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World
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International
8/12/2023 2:18:15 PM
Six people were killed when a boat carrying migrants heading to Britain sank in the Channel early Saturday, French maritime officials said, as a search continued to find those still missing.
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Region
8/12/2023 1:29:25 PM
At least two Tunisians including a baby died when their Europe-bound boat sank Saturday off the North African country's southeastern shores, the coastguard said, adding five others were missing.
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World
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Region
8/10/2023 9:39:04 PM
Four survivors tell a harrowing tale.
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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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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 6:08:30 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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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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Region
4/20/2023 11:52:18 AM
One man died and 47 people were rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off southern Greece, the coast guard said Thursday.
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