Italy Migrants
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Nearly 60 killed as migrant boat breaks apart off Italian coastSome of the wreckage ended up on a stretch of beach along Calabria's Ionian Sea coast, where splinted pieces of bright blue wood littered the sand like matchsticks.WorldFeb 26, 2023
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Italy rejects Germany’s call to open ports as rescue boat disembarks at LampedusaGerman Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Saturday asked his Italian counterpart, League leader Matteo Salvini, to rethink the ports shutdown.WorldJul 6, 2019
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Donations pour in for captain of migrant rescue ship that struck police boatCarola Rackete remained under house arrest a day after her ship, the Sea-Watch 3, rammed the Italian border police motorboat that was blocking the entry to the port at Italy's Lampedusa island.WorldJun 30, 2019
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Captain of humanitarian rescue ship arrested after Italian police boat rammedThe German captain of a humanitarian rescue ship with 40 asylum-seekers aboard rammed an Italian border police motorboat as she docked at a tiny Mediterranean island Saturday.WorldJun 29, 2019
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Migrants arrive in Malta after hijacking tanker that rescued themAuthorities said the migrants hijacked the tanker after it rescued them in the Mediterranean Sea, then forced the crew to head toward Europe.WorldMar 28, 2019
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Rescued migrants hijack cargo ship in Mediterranean Sea: Italian ministerItalian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said the merchant ship, El Hiblu 1, rescued migrants in the Mediterranean Sea earlier Wednesday.WorldMar 27, 2019
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Bus driver in Italy abducts 51 children, sets bus on fire to protest migrant deathsPolice told local media that the driver, an Italian citizen of Senegalese origin, threatened the passengers, telling them that "no one would survive today."CrimeMar 20, 2019
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Spain offers to take in stranded boat with 600 migrants aboardItaly and Malta have both refused to let the rescue ship with 629 people aboard dock in their ports, leaving the migrants at sea for days.WorldJun 11, 2018
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