ITALY MIGRATION
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Politics
Death toll from migrant boat tragedy in southern Italy rises to 64
Rome, Feb 28 (EFE).- At least 64 people are confirmed to have died after a boat carrying up to 200…
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Sunken migrant boat death toll hits 62 as search continues for missing
Rome, Feb 27 (EFE).- At least 62 people have died after a migrant boat sank off the southern Italian coast…
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Humanitarian ships resume migrant rescues in central Mediterranean
Rome, Jan 4 (EFE). Two humanitarian ships run by NGOs resumed operations in the central Mediterranean on Wednesday after new,…
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NGO won’t leave Italian port until all migrants allowed ashore
Rome, Nov 7 (EFE).- German NGO SOS Humanity has refused to leave the port of Catania in Sicily until all…
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Nearly 700 migrants stranded in Mediterranean to disembark in Italy
Rome, Aug 4 (EFE).- Some 659 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean by the private ship Geo Barents from Doctors without…
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Social Issues
Italy’s Lampedusa reception center overcrowded with over 1,600 migrants
Rome, Jul 25 (EFE).- Over 1,600 people were crowded on Monday in a reception center in the southern Italian island…
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Politics
700 migrants await disembarkation from 2 rescue boats in Mediterranean
Rome, Jul 25 (EFE).- Humanitarian ships Sea Watch 3 and Ocean Viking waited for a safe port to disembark some…
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Over 1,500 migrants rescued off Italian coast
Rome, Jul 24 (EFE).- More than 1,500 people have arrived on the Italian coast in the space of a few…
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Politics
Sea rescuers call on EU to disembark more than 550 migrants
Rome, Jul 6 (EFE).- The private maritime-humanitarian organization SOS Mediterranee on Tuesday urged the European Union to help bring hundreds…
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Politics
Over 550 migrants on board Ocean Viking after Med rescues
Rome, Jul 5 (EFE).- The Ocean Viking rescue vessel has 572 migrants on board after its most recent rescue in…
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