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Migrants Dice With Death On Flimsy Boats and In the Desert

Maria gave smugglers all her family savings and crossed three countries and the searing Libyan desert, but when she...

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Migrant Influx Shifting But No Let-Up

The migrants pouring into Europe have changed routes: the crossing between Turkey and Greece is practically closed, but...

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To Europe, Whatever the Risk

Uche's real journey had yet to begin but he had already spent four days in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after...

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Spain Rescues 173 Migrants Crossing Mediterranean In One Day

Spanish coast guards rescued more than 170 migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from northern Africa in four...

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Thousands of Migrants Rescued In Mediterranean In Two Days

Illegal migrants, who were rescued by the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan Some 6,000 migrants...

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3,000 Rescued In Mediterranean Sea

About 3,000 people have been saved in the Mediterranean Sea in a single day while trying to make the journey from...

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6,000 Migrants Rescued In Mediterranean In Two Days

Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of...

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Migrant Rescues, Deaths In Med As NGOs Cry Foul

Rescuers in the Mediterranean raced Friday to the aid of more than 20 migrant dinghies in distress as the debate in...

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Charities ‘colluding’ With Smugglers

An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding...

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Italy Prosecutor Stirs Migrant ‘taxis’ Row With NGOs

Charity boats rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean are colluding with traffickers in Libya, an Italian prosecutor was...

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Migrant Rescuers, Island Mayor Win UNESCO Peace Prize

UNESCO awarded its prestigious peace prize on Wednesday to migrant rescue association SOS Mediterranee and the mayor of...

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Migration and Development. The Challenge of Our Time?

Migration and Development. The challenge of our time? Migration, as always, is of major concern to countries poor and...

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3,000 Migrants Rescued Off Libya Coast Saturday

The Italian coastguard and other boats rescued some 3,000 migrants from unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast on...

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Frenzied Rescues In Med Save Over 2,000 Migrants

Rescue vessels in the Mediterranean worked flat out Friday to rescue over 2,000 people from flimsy dinghies as...

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Libya Says EU Naval Operation ‘encourages’ Migrants

Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamad Taher Siala on Friday urged the EU to rethink its naval operation in the Mediterranean,...

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Migrants Get Three Mins To Call Home

After an 11-month journey across desert and sea, Mohamed finally hears his mother's voice once more thanks to a Red...

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Italy Migrant Rescues Hit New High As Libya Exit Rises

The number of migrants rescued at sea this year in operations run by Italy's coastguard topped 15,000 Friday after...

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Nearly 1,000 Migrants Rescued Off Libya

Some 970 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Thursday, Italy's coastguard said, as the numbers attempting...

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Migrant Rescues Off Libya Encourage Traffickers

The head of EU border agency Frontex on Monday criticised charities that rescue migrants off Libya, arguing that they...