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• 5 dead, over 1,100 migrants rescued on ships adrift in the Mediterranean

  Italian vessels have recovered five bodies and rescued 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, the Italian Coast Guard said Sunday.

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  Jul 24, 2022
  
• Body No. 421: How forensic pathologists identify victims of Europe’s refugee crisis

  So far in 2016, more than 316,899 people have reached Europe by sea, according to the International Organization for Migration. Another 3,611 set out but never made it.

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  Oct 14, 2016
  
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• Nearly 11,000 migrants rescued off Libyan coast in 48 hours: Italian coast guard

  More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday off the Libyan coast and 28 bodies recovered, bringing the total number of people rescued in the last 48 hours to nearly 11,000.

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  Oct 5, 2016
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• Captain, crew member of capsized migrant boat arrested says Italian prosecutor

  Rescue crews searched Monday for survivors and bodies from what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest migrant tragedy ever as hundreds more migrants took to the sea undeterred and European Union leaders said they would hold an emergency summit Thursday to address the crisis.

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  Apr 20, 2015
• Italy rescuing more migrants in Mediterranean

  An Icelandic Coast Guard ship was towing a cargo vessel to Italy Friday with about 450 migrants who were abandoned by smugglers, leaving the vessel in rough seas without a crew, authorities said Friday.

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  Jan 2, 2015
• 1 person dead, hundreds stranded after ferry catches fire off Greece

  A ferry carrying about 470 people caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu early Sunday, trapping passengers as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered the evacuation.

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  Dec 28, 2014