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Africa: Italy Alarmed Over Boat Migrant Influx
DW, 9 April 2014
Italy says 4,000 boat migrants have made landings "non-stop" along its shores or have been rescued by ships over the past two days. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has urged the… Read more »
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Africa: Italy Rescues 4,000 Migrants From Mediterranean Sea
VOA, 9 April 2014
Italy says it has rescued 4,000 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea in the last two days, and is demanding Europe do more to help. Read more »
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Africa: Sinking Hope for African Migrants
Africa In Fact, 1 April 2014
Foday Sano is homesick. In December last year, the former taxi driver's assistant from Guinea-Bissau called his sister from his new home in Milan, Italy. Read more »
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Somalia: Italy Navy Rescues 730 Migrants Off Sicily
Shabelle, 3 April 2014
The Italian navy rescued 730 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily, it said Wednesday. The migrants, who departed in two boats from North Africa,… Read more »
Italy Urges Europe to Assist with Migrants
The government says 4000 African migrants reached its shores as it battles to deal with "non-stop" arrivals and rescues at sea.InFocus
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The French Prime Minister, Jean Marc Ayrault, has called for an urgent meeting of European leaders to discuss border management, following the death of scores of African migrants ... Read more »
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A boat carrying as many as 500 immigrants that sunk off the Italian Island of Lampedusa has sparked debate on why Africans appear determined to make such a foolhardy journey to get ... Read more »
A boat carrying migrants arrives at the Lampedusa port, escorted by the coastguard (file photo).
