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Libya intercepts 3 boats carrying 122 Europe-bound migrants
Middle East

Libya intercepts 3 boats carrying 122 Europe-bound migrants

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard says it has intercepted 122 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast in recent…
Syrians fleeing war allowed to stay longer in the United States
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Syrians fleeing war allowed to stay longer in the United States

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will allow about 7,000 Syrians who have fled war in their country to…
Virtuous circle: rescued refugee seeks to save others
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Virtuous circle: rescued refugee seeks to save others

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was the kindness of strangers that propelled single mother Dalya to a new life…
150 migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya coast
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150 migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya coast

CAIRO (AP) — Up to 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, were missing and feared drowned on Thursday after…
Libya says 38 migrants taken to bombed detention center
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Libya says 38 migrants taken to bombed detention center

CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard said Wednesday it intercepted around three dozen Europe-bound migrants off its Mediterranean coast and…
The Latest: Boat with 86 migrants capsizes off Tunisia
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The Latest: Boat with 86 migrants capsizes off Tunisia

CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on migrants from Libya (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The U.N. migration agency says a…
Mediterranean rescue ship brings migrants to Italy, defying Salvini
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Mediterranean rescue ship brings migrants to Italy, defying Salvini

The Sea-Watch 3 was still waiting with its 42 rescued passengers off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa…
Four human traffickers jailed for life over migrant truck deaths
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Four human traffickers jailed for life over migrant truck deaths

A court in Hungary on Thursday sentenced an Afghan ring leader and three Bulgarian accomplices to life in prison over the deaths…
Humanity’s history of migration by sea — from Troy to Lampedusa
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Humanity’s history of migration by sea — from Troy to Lampedusa

There are countless examples of fleeing across the sea — and historian Erik Lindner has been intrigued by this topic…
Italy’s Salvini furious as 47 migrants land despite his ban
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Italy’s Salvini furious as 47 migrants land despite his ban

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s hard-line Interior Minister Matteo Salvini threatened possible legal action Monday after 47 migrants rescued at sea…
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