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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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World
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Region
4/10/2023 3:09:30 PM
At least two migrants have died and about 20 others are missing after their boat sank over the weekend in the Mediterranean Sea between Tunisia and Italy, German aid group ResQship said on Monday.
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World
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International
3/11/2023 6:47:08 PM
Three boats overcrowded with migrants were brought safely to Italian ports on Saturday, the coastguard said, as thousands of marchers remembered the victims of last month's deadly shipwreck off Calabria's coast.
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World
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International
3/5/2023 4:58:13 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to the deadly trafficking of migrants, a week after a boat sank off southern Italy killing at least 70 people.
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World
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International
2/26/2023 11:56:45 AM
More than 40 migrants, including a baby just a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, rescue services said.
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World
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International
1/28/2023 11:31:36 AM
Five people died and another 12 were unaccounted for after an improvised boat they were using to reach the United States from Cuba sank, official Cuban media reported Friday.
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World
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Region
1/3/2023 1:50:30 PM
A charity monitoring migrant boats that follows the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) group in the Central Mediterranean said Monday the Italian coastguard had pulled around 50 people to safety after repeated appeals for help.
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World
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Region
1/2/2023 1:41:09 PM
The bodies of 13 Moroccans have been recovered after their boat sank off the country's southern coast while attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands, Moroccan media reported.
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World
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Region
12/31/2022 9:43:11 PM
Two migrants died and another 200 were rescued Saturday when their boat sank off Lebanon's northern coast, from where increasing numbers make the risky journey to flee a collapsed economy.
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World
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Region
12/27/2022 10:03:46 AM
Tunisian authorities recovered the bodies of four people believed to be African migrants, including a pregnant woman, off the coast of Kerkennah Island in the Mediterranean, the regional prosecutor said Monday.
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World
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International
11/14/2022 5:38:49 PM
Britain agreed to pay France another 72.2 million euros ($74.5 million) to tighten border controls and thwart migrant boat crossings via the English Channel under a new deal that underlines improving ties between the neighbours.
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World
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Region
10/26/2022 7:30:21 PM
Humanitarian groups including Save the Children and Amnesty International urged Italy Wednesday to scrap a controversial EU-sponsored deal with Libya to stop migrant boat crossings to Europe.
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World
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International
10/8/2022 8:42:02 PM
The death toll from the migrant boat wreck at the Greek island of Kythira, which prompted a dramatic cliffside rescue, has climbed to at least 11, the coastguard said Saturday.
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World
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Region
10/8/2022 1:59:08 PM
As dawn breaks over the Mediterranean, Tunisian coastguards intercept a flimsy craft packed with migrants, bringing their dream of reaching Europe to an end -- for now.
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World
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Region
9/23/2022 4:21:47 PM
The death toll from a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters has risen to at least 73, state TV quoted Syria's health minister as saying on Friday.
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World
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Region
8/10/2022 11:00:47 AM
Greek authorities say a major search and rescue operation has been launched east of the island of Karpathos after a boat reportedly carrying dozens of migrants sank during the night.
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World
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Region
4/30/2022 1:32:25 PM
A week ago, the boat carrying Bilal Dandashi, his relatives, and dozens of others hoping to escape Lebanon and reach Europe sank in the Mediterranean. Dandashi still doesn't know if his wife and children are alive or dead.
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World
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Region
4/25/2022 8:58:22 PM
Funerals were held across northern Lebanon on Monday for seven people killed when a boat packed with migrants sank over the weekend as the Lebanese navy tried to force it back to shore.
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