Migrant Deaths
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Why migrants risk everything to cross borders in unsafe conditionsMigration experts say the freezing deaths along the Manitoba border were predictable and preventable. Canada and other countries need to ask why migrants resort to human smugglers.CanadaJan 24
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Migrant deaths at Canada-U.S. border ‘warning shot’ of more to come: expertU.S. officials allege a family of four who died at Manitoba's border with the country were part of a larger group of Indian migrants trying to cross into the U.S. from Canada.CanadaJan 22
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At least 27 dead in string of migrant boat accidents leaving GreeceThe sinkings came as smugglers increasingly favour a perilous route from Turkey to Italy, which avoids Greece's heavily patrolled eastern Aegean islands.WorldDec 24, 2021
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U.S. border patrol agents locate bodies of 3 migrants in south TexasA total of 283 migrant deaths were recorded along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border last year.WorldAug 28, 2019
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4 deaths near U.S.-Mexico border may be a preview of the summerTwo babies, a toddler and a woman were found dead near the U.S.-Mexican border, overcome by the sweltering heat in a glimpse of what could lie ahead this summer.WorldJun 24, 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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10 migrants, one trafficker killed in Greece highway collisionA speeding car carrying migrants collided with a truck in northern Greece on Saturday, killing 11 people, police said.WorldOct 13, 2018
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Hungary jails migrant smugglers over 71 suffocation deathsA Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison each for their roles in the 2015 case in which 71 migrants suffocated to death in the back of a refrigerated truck.CrimeJun 14, 2018
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Migrant deaths rose sharply in 2016 thanks to dangerous sea crossings: UNMigrant deaths rose sharply last year, particularly in the Mediterranean as smugglers made ever-riskier attempts to ferry asylum-seekers and refugees on increasingly unseaworthy vessels.WorldMar 17, 2017
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Bodies of migrants who suffocated to death in shipping container found in LibyaThe bodies of 27 migrants have been recovered in Western Libya, 13 of whom died of suffocation in a shipping container, the Red Crescent said on Thursday.WorldFeb 23, 2017
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