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Only 70 people lived on the island of Gavdos. Then migrant boats started to arrive.
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Only 70 people lived on the island of Gavdos. Then migrant boats started ...
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Tunisian coast guard retrieves bodies of 13 migrants, rescues hundreds: The Tunisian coastguard has retrieved the bodies of 13 migrants off Tunisia and rescued 1 ...
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Tunisian coast guard retrieves bodies of 13 migrants, rescues hundreds
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Italian Supreme Court: Migrants must not be handed over to Libyan Coast Guard: Italy's Supreme Court has classified the transfer of migrants to the Libyan coast ...
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Italian Supreme Court: Migrants must not be handed over to Libyan Coast ...
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Over 60 People Have Drowned After Migrant Vessel Capsizes Off Libya, U.N. Says: A boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast ...
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Over 60 People Have Drowned After Migrant Vessel Capsizes Off Libya, U.N ...
Quick Glance: Over 60 Migrants Feared Drowned off Libya, IOM Reports
  • Survivors cite: Boat with 86 people aboard departed from Zuwara.

  • High waves swamped the boat, 61 migrants missing and presumed dead.

  • Libya is a main departure point for migrants attempting to enter Europe.

  • Over 2,200 deaths in Mediterranean crossings this year alone.
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Spain’s coast guard rescued more than 300 migrants off the coasts of the Canary Islands, the regional emergency services said
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Greece rescues 14 migrants off Chios island, searches for more: Greece rescued 14 migrants including eight children from a rocky shore on the island of Chios ...
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Greece rescues 14 migrants off Chios island, searches for more
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Three girls dead, 16 others rescued after migrant boat sinks near Greek island : The boat is believed to have crashed into rocks before sinking as authorities ...
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Three girls dead, 16 others rescued after migrant boat sinks near Greek ...
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Italian coast guard rescues 22 shipwrecked people, recovers 9 bodies. Some 15 reported missing
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Italian coast guard rescues 22 shipwrecked people, recovers 9 bodies ...
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Greek judge refers nine Egyptians to trial over deadly migrant shipwreck: Nine Egyptian men who were on board a migrant boat that sank off Greece last year ...
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Greek judge refers nine Egyptians to trial over deadly migrant shipwreck
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Sixty migrants feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya: Sixty migrants feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya
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Sixty migrants feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya
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The Italian coast guard has rescued 37 migrants from a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea.
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29 migrants rescued off coast of Gavdos: A further 29 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Gavdos, south of Crete. The boat carrying the migrants was ...
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29 migrants rescued off coast of Gavdos
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Italy’s coastguard says nine migrants found dead after shipwreck: Italy’s coastguard said Thursday that it had found nine dead migrants, including a child ...
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Italy’s coastguard says nine migrants found dead after shipwreck
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Boat with migrants on board sank off Turkish coast: 22 dead: The Turkish coast guard was able to rescue two migrants from the sea. Two others were able to reach ...
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Boat with migrants on board sank off Turkish coast: 22 dead
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The Spanish coast guard has rescued 73 migrants from the sea off the Canary Islands. The adults and a child had tried to reach the Spanish islands and thus the ... Show more
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At least 34 migrants missing off Tunisia, two die after boat sinks: TUNIS: At least 34 migrants were missing and two died after their boat sank off Tunisia as ...
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At least 34 migrants missing off Tunisia, two die after boat sinks
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Coast guard rescues 74 migrants near Gavdos: Seventy-four undocumented migrants aboard a stranded vessel were rescued by a coast guard patrol vessel 10 nautical ...
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Coast guard rescues 74 migrants near Gavdos
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In distress at sea: 200 boat migrants rescued off Cyprus and in the English Channel
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In distress at sea: 200 boat migrants rescued off Cyprus and in the ...
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At least 22 people dead after boat sinks off coast of Turkey: Turkish coast guard personnel rescued two migrants from the sea off the town of Eceabat in ...
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At least 22 people dead after boat sinks off coast of Turkey
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Türkiye pulls 100 irregular migrants ashore from Aegean Sea: The Turkish coast guard on early Tuesday rescued some 100 irregular migrants and captured two ...
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Türkiye pulls 100 irregular migrants ashore from Aegean Sea
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Türkiye: At least 22 dead after refugee boat sinks: At least 22 migrants drowned in a boat accident in the Turkish Aegean Sea. Seven children and babies are also ...
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Türkiye: At least 22 dead after refugee boat sinks
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Dozens more migrants reach a Greek island as smugglers seek new routes: A boat carrying 91 migrants has reached a small island south of Crete that is seeing a ...
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Dozens more migrants reach a Greek island as smugglers seek new routes
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Survivors and families of 94 migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy call for truth a year later
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Quick Glance: Survivors Call for Truth and Justice After Shipwreck
  • Survivors and family members of 94 migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy a year ago demand truth and justice.

  • Events organized by activists including a torchlight vigil and protest march aimed to commemorate the tragedy.

  • The network of over 400 associations urges the Italian government to investigate one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.

  • Activists highlight the denial of some relatives and survivors' right to return for the shipwreck anniversary due to document issues.
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Libyan Coast Guard Apparently Attacks Sea Rescue Crew: According to the organization SOS Humanity, the Libyan coast guard threatened and attacked its crew during ...
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Libyan Coast Guard Apparently Attacks Sea Rescue Crew
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Greek authorities rescue 100 migrants found in vessel off southern mainland: Greek authorities on Monday rescued 100 migrants found on a smuggling vessel in ...
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Greek authorities rescue 100 migrants found in vessel off southern ...
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Returning sea migrants to Libya is illegal- Italy's Court of Cassation | Africanews
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Returning sea migrants to Libya is illegal- Italy's Court of Cassation | ...
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Greek coast guard arrests nine suspected smugglers: Nine survivors have been arrested after the serious boat accident off the Greek coast ...
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Greek coast guard arrests nine suspected smugglers
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At least 60 migrants feared dead off the coast of Cape Verde after boat capsizes
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At least 60 migrants feared dead off the coast of Cape Verde after boat ...
Quick Glance: Dozens feared dead in boat incident off Cape Verde
  • 38 refugees and migrants, including four children, were rescued after a boat incident off the West African coast.

  • A Spanish fishing boat spotted the vessel about 320km from the island of Sal and alerted Cape Verde authorities.

  • Health Minister Filomena Goncalves called for welcoming the survivors and burying the dead with dignity.

  • Seven survivors needed hospital treatment.
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78 dead, hundreds still missing after migrant boat sinks off Greek coast: Greek authorities said that the vessel appeared to be sailing normally until shortly ...
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78 dead, hundreds still missing after migrant boat sinks off Greek coast
Quick Glance: 79 dead in Greece migrant boat sinking with hundreds missing
  • The confirmed death toll from a migrant boat sinking off the coast of Greece has reached 79.

  • Initial reports suggest hundreds of people were on board when the boat capsized.

  • Search and rescue operations continue after the fishing boat sank on Wednesday, miles off the coast of Greece.

  • The boat was believed to be sailing from the Tobruk area of eastern Libya to Italy.
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Nine migrants found dead off Tunisia: officials: TUNIS: The Tunisian coast guard found nine migrants dead on Thursday aboard a vessel drifting in the ...
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Nine migrants found dead off Tunisia: officials
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At least 9 die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia: The coast guard rescued another 44 people from the same boat off the southern coastal town of Zarzis.
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At least 9 die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
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40 migrants found on Gavdos beach: Forty irregular migrants who landed on the beach of Trypiti on the island of Gavdos, south of Crete ...
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40 migrants found on Gavdos beach
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13 people are dead and 27 missing after a boat carrying Sudanese migrants to Europe sank | Africanews
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13 people are dead and 27 missing after a boat carrying Sudanese migrants ...
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Italy's Coast Guard rescues 49 migrants from boat sinking in Mediterranean: Some migrants go missing due to sinking of boat, exact number not known
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Italy's Coast Guard rescues 49 migrants from boat sinking in Mediterranean
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The Tunisian coastline has become one of the busiest routes for migrants looking for a way into Europe. BBC Arabic's Bassam Bounenni went on patrol with the ... Show more
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Two migrants founds dead, 57 rescued off Greek island, coastguard says: Greece rescued 57 migrants and recovered the bodies of two people, a woman and a man ...
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Two migrants founds dead, 57 rescued off Greek island, coastguard says
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Migrant shipwreck leaves two dead and one missing, as 57 make it to shore: Two people have been confirmed dead and one is presumed missing after a boat carrying ...
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Migrant shipwreck leaves two dead and one missing, as 57 make it to shore
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The Spanish coast guard recovered two wooden boats carrying 344 migrants off the Canary Islands on Saturday. The number of migrants arriving in Spain by sea ... Show more
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Latest Mediterranean shipwrecks leave 82 migrants missing in one weekend: The climbing number of people willing to risk their lives on a famously deadly route ...
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Latest Mediterranean shipwrecks leave 82 migrants missing in one weekend
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Farmakonisi: Several migrants missing after boat accident off Greek island: A refugee boat capsized in the Aegean Sea, making the search for survivors difficult ...
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Farmakonisi: Several migrants missing after boat accident off Greek island
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Türkiye rescues 87 irregular migrants in Aegean Sea: Irregular migrants pushed back by Greek authorities into Turkish territorial waters ...
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Türkiye rescues 87 irregular migrants in Aegean Sea
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EU chief to visit Italy's Lampedusa amid protests over migrant numbers: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Lampedusa on Sunday ...
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EU chief to visit Italy's Lampedusa amid protests over migrant numbers
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French coastguard accused of ignoring migrants in distress at sea: "Don’t call us, it disturbs our work," a humanitarian hotline says they were told by ...
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French coastguard accused of ignoring migrants in distress at sea
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Coast guard rescues 27 migrants from islet off Samos: Coast guard officials on Samos have picked up 27 migrants who were stranded on a rocky islet northeast of ...
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Coast guard rescues 27 migrants from islet off Samos
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Migrant dead and another in a critical condition after boat sinks in English Channel
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Migrant dead and another in a critical condition after boat sinks in ...
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Greek minister hails drop in illegal migration ahead of Erdogan visit: Dimitris Kairidis, the Greek minister for migration, said late Tuesday that the number of ...
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Greek minister hails drop in illegal migration ahead of Erdogan visit
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At least 29 African migrants die when two boats sink off Tunisia: At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died when their two boats sank off the coast of ...
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At least 29 African migrants die when two boats sink off Tunisia
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Tunisia: Four dead, 51 missing after migrant ship sinks off coast: At least four migrants died and 51 were missing after a migrant ship sank off Tunisia's ...
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Tunisia: Four dead, 51 missing after migrant ship sinks off coast
Quick Glance: Four Dead, 51 Missing After Migrant Ship Sinks off Tunisian Coast
  • At least four migrants have died and 51 are missing after a migrant ship sank off the coast of Kerkennah island in Tunisia.

  • The Tunisian coast guard has recovered 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast from January 1 to July 20 this year.

  • The North African country is facing a record wave of migration this year and frequent catastrophes with boats of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sinking on their way to the Italian coast.
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My son drowned in the Channel trying to get to the UK – help came hours too late: Two families of the 27 people who died in the Channel tell i they are still ...
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My son drowned in the Channel trying to get to the UK – help came hours ...
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Independent inquiry launched into shipwreck off Greece that left hundreds of migrants feared dead
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Independent inquiry launched into shipwreck off Greece that left hundreds ...
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41 migrants found off Vravrona, Attica: Forty-one migrants, who disembarked from a yacht off the coast of Vravrona in eastern Attica ...
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41 migrants found off Vravrona, Attica
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Only 104 of as many as 750 migrants survived Europe’s worst migrant shipwreck in decades on 14th June. The Greek coastguard says the boat rejected their help ... Show more   bbc.in/3EyHZSY
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Dozens of migrants are missing after a boat capsized off Yemen, officials say: A migrant boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen, leaving dozens of people ...
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Dozens of migrants are missing after a boat capsized off Yemen ...
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Italy to build sea migrant reception centres in Albania: More than 145,000 people have come ashore in Italy so far in 2023, compared with around 88 ...
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Italy to build sea migrant reception centres in Albania
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114 migrants have been rescued from their wooden boat by the Spanish coast guard near the Canary Islands #news #spain #canaryislands #grancanaria #c4news
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Italy probes a migrant boat disaster that left 41 feared dead. Four survivors tell a harrowing tale
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Italy probes a migrant boat disaster that left 41 feared dead ...
Quick Glance: Investigation into Deadly Migrant Boat Disaster in Italy
  • Prosecutor condemns poorly built boats launched by smugglers.

  • High waves caused the smugglers' boats to capsize.

  • Boats are launched with low-quality materials and a high number of migrants on board.

  • One child disappeared at sea, according to survivors.
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Von der Leyen to visit Italy's Lampedusa amid protests over migrant numbers: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Lampedusa on ...
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Von der Leyen to visit Italy's Lampedusa amid protests over migrant ...
Quick Glance: 10,000 Migrants in Three Days: Blaming the Germans
  • Lampedusa is only 100 nautical miles away from the North African coast.

  • NGO ships did not bring any migrants to Lampedusa on the second weekend of September.

  • In 2014, only about 4000 refugees arrived in Lampedusa despite the largest wave of migrants in Italy.

  • Arrivals in Lampedusa are no longer subjected to identification procedures.
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Dozens dead as boat carrying migrants hits rocks in Southern Italy: At least 59 people have died and the death toll is expected to rise.
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Dozens dead as boat carrying migrants hits rocks in Southern Italy
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Italian coast guard rescues over 100 people aboard burning ferry: Over 170 passengers, including migrants, were rescued from a ferry sailing from the Italian ...
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Italian coast guard rescues over 100 people aboard burning ferry
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Rescue group decries Libya coast guard ramming into migrant boat: Video from Sea-Watch International shows Libyan coast guard crashing into a dinghy with dozens ...
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Rescue group decries Libya coast guard ramming into migrant boat
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EU-Asylpolitik: eine Einigung auf den kleinsten Nenner: Die EU-Krisenverordnung zum Asyl ist ein wackeliges Bauwerk. Aber besser als gar keine Einigung.
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EU-Asylpolitik: eine Einigung auf den kleinsten Nenner
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41 people reportedly died after boat capsized off Italian coast, survivors tell Red Cross
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41 people reportedly died after boat capsized off Italian coast ...
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A Spanish coast-guard vessel brought 38 migrants to the port of Arguineguin in Gran Canaria after intercepting them in a wooden boat carrying them in the ... Show more