Migrant Boats

• Italy rejects Germany’s call to open ports as rescue boat disembarks at Lampedusa

  German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer on Saturday asked his Italian counterpart, League leader Matteo Salvini, to rethink the ports shutdown.

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  Jul 6, 2019
  
• Over 100 migrants were on boat that capsized in Mediterranean Sea, survivors say

  It appeared to be the latest tragedy on the dangerous central Mediterranean route from North Africa to Europe.

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  Jan 19, 2019
  
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• Dozens of migrants killed after boat sinks off Tunisian coast

  Security officials said the boat was packed with about 180 migrants, including 80 from other African countries.

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  Jun 3, 2018
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• Smuggler ‘deliberately’ drowned dozens of migrants off Yemen, UN says

  The International Organization for Migration calls the incident "shocking and inhumane."

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  Aug 9, 2017
• Boat carrying over 100 migrants overturns in Mediterranean, scores feared dead

  Four people have been rescued but the survivors reported that more than a hundred were on board when the boat capsized around 30 miles (50 km) off Libya.

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  Jan 14, 2017
• What’s the best way to solve the Mediterranean migrant crisis?

  While it's a struggle for Europe to keep up with the influx of migrants arriving on the continent's shores, critics say stopping them from coming or sending them "back where they came from" is not the answer.

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  Apr 24, 2015
• Dinghies and shoddy wooden boats — How smugglers ship migrants to Europe

  The hottest commodity in the saga of migrants risking death to reach European shores: decrepit wooden fishing boats.

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  Apr 23, 2015
• What migrants risk trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe

  In the wake the "deadliest" migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea, migrants who have survived the crossing, and loved ones of those who didn't, share the perils so many migrants have faced.

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  Apr 22, 2015
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• Are migrant deaths becoming a bigger problem?

  If officials confirm the exact number of migrants killed in Saturday's disaster, the death toll so far this year could be as high as 1,600. That's almost half of the number killed in all of 2014.

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  Apr 21, 2015
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• PHOTOS: Powerful images from migrant crisis in Mediterranean

  Here's a look at some of the most compelling images from the Mediterranean migrant tragedy.

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  Apr 21, 2015