Tag: migrants
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UN extends migrant mission
Hardly a surprise… Security Council extends measures to curb migrant smuggling off Libyan coast 6 October 2016 – Deploring continued loss of life due to migrant smuggling and human trafficking […]
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Thousands of migrants rescued
Improving sea states have seen thousands of migrants rescued this week. Migrant crisis: 28 dead in day of rescues off Libya More than 20 migrants are said to have suffocated […]
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Egypt migrant capsize
Egypt migrant boat capsize: Hundreds feared dead Survivors from a boat which capsized off the Egyptian coast on Wednesday have told the BBC that hundreds of people may have drowned. […]
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Smugglers hire Ukrainian sailors
Charging four times the price of normal smugglers. Smuggling gangs hire Ukrainian sailors for ‘luxury’ migrant crossings. By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Human smuggling gangs are increasingly […]
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Migrants keep coming
Over 14,000 migrants rescued in a week. 2,600 Migrants Rescued in the Mediterranean Sea By LENA MASRI Around 2,600 migrants were saved in the Mediterranean Sea today in several rescue […]
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Rescue ops off Libya
Three babies were among those taken to safety, according to Sky’s Mark Stone, who was on board one of the rescue vessels. Seven Migrants Dead As ‘Jam-Packed’ Boat Sinks Off […]
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Thousands rescued off Libya
About 6,500 migrants have been rescued off Libya, the Italian coastguard says, in one of the biggest operations of its kind to date. Some 40 co-ordinated rescue missions took place […]
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MSF boat attacked in Med
One-off incident or start of worrying trend? Refugee crisis: Armed men shoot at international aid workers in attack on rescue ship patrolling Mediterranean By Lizzie Dearden Gunmen have attacked a […]
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EUNAVFOR to train Libyans
Agreement reached on training. Operation SOPHIA: signed the agreement on Libyan Coast Guard and Navy Training “The Memorandum Of Understanding signed today, is another key step towards the beginning of […]
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EUNAVFOR, the Med and migrants
Tim Compston, Features Editor at Security News Desk, looks at European Union naval operations tackling people smuggling in the central Mediterranean – one year on – in the wake of […]
