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9/2/2021 3:15:54 PM
The Atlantic route from the west coast of Africa to Spain's Canary Islands has become one of the most used and deadliest routes for those desperate to reach Europe
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8/29/2021 2:24:51 PM
Spain's two tiny enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla have Europe's only land border with Africa, making them a magnet for migrants desperate to escape grinding poverty and hunger
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World
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8/26/2021 11:33:11 AM
The group has been stuck on the EU's eastern frontier for two weeks with Polish forces preventing them from entering to make asylum claims
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World
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International
8/24/2021 9:29:09 PM
Thousands of migrants -- mostly from the Middle East -- have crossed the border from Belarus into the eastern EU states of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in recent months.
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World
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8/24/2021 6:13:48 PM
Hundreds of people escaping conflict or poverty, mostly from Afghanistan but also from other countries in the region, have died over the years risking the perilous crossing.
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8/24/2021 5:49:21 PM
The 438 migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, were given first aid before being taken to the nearest Moroccan port, an officer told the state-run MAP news agency late Monday.
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8/24/2021 1:37:01 PM
Eighteen migrants have drowned after their boat sank off Libya, the coastguard said Tuesday, the latest tragedy on the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing to Europe
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8/23/2021 9:23:30 PM
Cyprus has asked the European Union's border agency Frontex to stem the flow of migrant arrivals from countries including Turkey, Syria and Lebanon
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8/22/2021 4:44:44 PM
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World
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International
8/21/2021 10:36:40 AM
Haunted by a 2015 migration crisis fueled by the Syrian war, European leaders desperately want to avoid another large-scale influx of migrants and refugees from Afghanistan
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World
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International
8/20/2021 4:19:37 PM
Most of the recent migrants traveling from Belarus are believed to be originally from Iraq and Afghanistan
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World
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Region
8/17/2021 3:00:38 PM
The incident occurred three months after an unprecedented 10,000 people surged into Spain's other North African enclave of Ceuta, exacerbating a diplomatic crisis between Spain and Morocco.
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World
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International
8/7/2021 7:35:08 PM
The German maritime rescue group Sea-Watch said Italian authorities assigned the ship a port on Friday after sea conditions in the central Mediterranean deteriorated
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World
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International
8/4/2021 3:03:32 PM
Right-wing leader Matteo Salvini, whose anti-migrant League party, is a prominent partner in Premier Mario Draghi's coalition, has been increasingly forceful in his criticism of Italy's management of migration.
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World
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Africa
8/3/2021 8:24:47 PM
Migrants travel to Yemen in the hope of reaching Saudi Arabia and Gulf states seeking work
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World
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7/31/2021 9:29:15 PM
According to the International Organization for Migration, at least 1,146 people have died at sea trying to reach Europe during the first half of 2021
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World
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7/26/2021 10:28:02 PM
The survivors, who are from Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia, reported the vessel had stopped due to an engine problem, then capsized amid bad weather, Safa Msehli, a spokesperson for IOM said
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7/23/2021 7:31:55 PM
Greek and Turkish coast guards are searching for at least eight people who remained missing after a boat carrying 45 migrants sank off the coast of Crete, officials said on Friday
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7/23/2021 2:22:15 PM
Turkey's defense ministry says a boat carrying 45 migrants is sinking in the southeastern Aegean Sea and rescue units have been deployed
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World
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7/22/2021 4:16:38 PM
The migrants, who included 65 Moroccans, 62 Bangladeshis and 15 Egyptians, and who were aged between 15 and 48, set off from Libyan coast overnight Friday to Saturday, Tunisian defence ministry spokesman Mohamed Zekri said
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